Quote Originally Posted by Nekrogovner View Post
Well that depends on BIOS. But since his laptop couldn't actually turn ON, there is no really way it could beep, yes?
Hahaha, that's the problem. With faulty ram the computer should still turn on, but starts beeping like mad and would fail to boot. At least that's how it used to be, BIOS independent, which is why I think I'm getting too old school. Some BIOSes even used to have specific beeps for whatever the problem was.

With no beeping you have no idea what's going on. And that sucks, as you have to start guessing the cures for a pretty generic symptoms. Hence, a muted BIOS is a fucked up thing to have.