Can anyone tell me what it means when the laptop beeps?

richbau57

Can anyone tell me what it means when the laptop beeps?

[Edited the thread to add issue detail]

Puraw

https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/698182/new-laptop

When you plug-in or unplug the power adapter you hear a beep to alert you of a power supply change, this is an Acer feature that I find very helpful. In Windows when you keep a key pressed down, move the cursor off the screen with the arrow or some Fn key that may cause a system beep. On Acer PCs you have the POST beeps for failures that may sometimes also apply for the larger gaming laptops:

richbau57

thanks for this information! I only get one short beep, no display…but I don't understand what it means by "Display test failed"…what display?

billsey

There is also a beep right at the end of POST, before Windows starts loading. It's normal as an indication the tests were passed and can't be turned off.

Puraw

https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/698182/new-laptop

When you plug-in or unplug the power adapter you hear a beep to alert you of a power supply change, this is an Acer feature that I find very helpful. In Windows when you keep a key pressed down, move the cursor off the screen with the arrow or some Fn key that may cause a system beep. On Acer PCs you have the POST beeps for failures that may sometimes also apply for the larger gaming laptops:

richbau57

thanks for this information! I only get one short beep, no display…but I don't understand what it means by "Display test failed"…what display?

Puraw

https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/comment/1251862#Comment_1251862

The laptop display but the short beep is probably caused by the adapter power management, just ignore,

richbau57

thanks…do you know of any way to make it stop?

billsey

There is also a beep right at the end of POST, before Windows starts loading. It's normal as an indication the tests were passed and can't be turned off.

richbau57

Thank you Billsey and Puraw!