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Question posted by rrzai on May 10th, 2015

M65 Black Screen, Tests Ok With 2nd Monitor, Then Nothing

M65 laptop suddenly developed this: two beeps on POST, then shows black screenConnected external monitor, did the tests: LCD, memory, everything passed OK. Next tells me hit Ok to continue with boot, at this point no signal on 2nd monitor tooPlease help

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Answer #1: Posted by BusterDoogen on May 10th, 2015 5:07 PM

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The beep codes are in your manual. Two beeps means your RAM is not detected. Open the case, remove and re-seat the RAM and try restarting.

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