My dell laptop won't start up and all that happens is an alarm keeps going off? Any ideas please

steve d., September 2012

It don't sound good.

Look at those pages (Google search with "beep codes dell", first 4 results ):
http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/inspd530/en/OM/HTML/trouble.htm#wp1085300

http://www.nullamatix.com/dell-diagnostic-beep-code-troublshooting-chart/

http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/ws340/en/ug/codes.htm

http://www.bioscentral.com/postcodes/dellbios.htm

Electro, September 2012