Computer Problems. Laptop.

[Senoska]

I have a really really old laptop. For some reason it started really to act weird, it worked fine for the time I had it then the screen started not turning on during start up and it plays a sound:
"BEP BEEEP BEEEEEEEEEEEEEP"
I know that was skills impersonaiting it.
I have tryed everything I can think of [not the most technical person when it comes to PCs] Any ideas? Feel free to ask questions :X

ty ahead of time.

[Charitwo]

1. Find out which component is causing the sound.
2. Replace said part.

[Aladwar]

I have two older laptops that I haven't used in years, but when I went to mess around with one of them, I got the same 'beeping' sound upon turning it on.

After that, it doesn't even proceed to start Windows, it goes straight to some weird DOS screen, then comes up with a really shitty graphical interface that asks me to set the date and time. It then restarts, and either asks me to do the same thing again, or just shuts down after rebooting. Honestly, I don't really give a damn about it, but I'm more or less curious as to what's wrong with it.

[Benadar]

The beeps are a fail code for the POST. You can generally find out what it means by going to the computer manufacturer's webiste and looking for post codes. The fact that you're getting no video display even sounds pretty bad, though; most likely something wrong with the motherboard itself.

That said, my catch-all solution for whacked up laptops: get an appropriate size screwdriver and tighten all screws. You'd be amazed how many problems that can fix.