Satellite M50 suddenly not working

I wonder if anyone can help?
My Satellite M50 seems to be having a number of quite major problems:
On booting up, I get a very high pitched one note sound and rather than automatically go into Windows XP, I am given a choice of F2 (Set Up) or F12 (Menu I think it is called). If I hit the enter button the noise goes and go into Windows XP as normal.
However, I can get no sound on the Satellite - either from a CD or DVD being inserted or on a on-line video or
audio clip. I have checked Control Panel and audio is not muted.
Also, my 'e' character on the laptop does not register (press it and no character comes on screen-I have to attach a new keyboard to the laptop to use the letter 'e') BUT in either Excel or when I am putting in a URL, I often get a complete row after row of the character 'e' (without prompting) which only stops if I press the 'Esc' button.
I don't know if I have been infected with a virus (I have Avira AntiVir Personal) & Malaware programmes on the laptop, but I would be grateful for any help with this problem.
Cheers!
Bryan

Hi
In my opinion its a keyboard issue.
The sound which appears at the beginning of the booting procedure means that a hardware issue has been detected.
In my opinion its related to the keyboard since you have no keyboard functionality running Windows OS.
Therefore I would suggest getting in contact with the ASP in your country and to order a new keyboard for replacement.
Regarding the sound issue;
I'm not sure what this could be but in fact the first step should be a driver update or new installation.
Check if there are any yellow eclamation marks which reffers to the sound card!
Cheers

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