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I got this dell laptop for 10 dollars at a thrift store and it powers on but i beeps 5 times at me before reaping the beeps. I oped up the laptop to give it a light clean but to notice this model has the storage and ram embedded into he board. I took a gamble with this laptop, im thinking the cmos batters need replacing but im unsure. What would you advise? This is a dell inspiration 11 3000 series from 2010.
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5 beeps on a Dell is usually dead CMOS battery (at least in my experience), so thankfully it’s a cheap thing to replace as a first attempt.
Seconded, I’m guessing OP is having slight datetime problems too. Open it up, new battery, like new. Someone probably gave it away because they didn’t know what it meant