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Question posted by wahli330 on June 1st, 2015

When I Try To Tuen On My Dx4860 It Beeps And Buzzez But Won't Come On. What Is W

I am a musician and a lot of my tracks are on this computer. I cannot get it to turn on; it only beeps.

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Answer #1: Posted by TheWiz on June 1st, 2015 11:55 AM
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Beeping indicates a hardware problem. It could be related to the RAM, video card, or CPU. I recommend having it checked out at a local computer repair shop.

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