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Bad power supply or motherboard?
Name: bullssports Date: November 6, 2004 at 13:10:23 Pacific OS: XP CPU/Ram: intel p4 1.4ghz/256mb ram
Comment:
I'm trying to figure out whether I have a bad motherboard, or a bad power supply. I'm trying to help a friend get an old computer working again. When we try to boot, I get 4 long beeps and then the computer dies along with all the fans and whatnot. We've tried 3 different power supplies, so I'm guessing that we are dealing with a bad motherboard. Anyone have any ideas?
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