hiya guys im so sorry if i posted this all wrong i have had my computer for about 2 yrs i dont know nothing at all about computer so please forgive my blondeness!! ok here we go my computer was working fine today i turnd it off to go to work i just got home now and turned it on and it starts up and after a few seconds its a very loude beeping noise and it dont stop and my computer wont even come on please help guys my computer is my life its the only way i can talk to my family back home any help will be most be amazing thanks guys xxx

You have a hardware problem. The beeps can give you an idea of what the problem is. Go to the following web site which tells you what beep codes indicate which problem.
http://bioscentral.com

'Usually' they indicate a memory or a video card problem. Those can sometimes be fixed by removing the card and reinserting it, to clean the contacts.

thank u for the fast reply i think i know what it is after looking at that link u sent i think its ether somthing to do with my power or something to do with my ram i dont know what els to do but take it in to a shop im using my mates laptop thanks aegis your a star xxxxxx

You need to detect the beep pattern, then look it up:

http://bioscentral.com/beepcodes/am...

"If my answers frighten you then you should cease asking scary questions" - Jules Winnfield (Samuel L. Jackson) in Pulp Fiction

thank u jam i have managed to get on to my pc now and it says the sysyem has recovered from a serious error so i clicked on it to see the report and the report says microsoft windows error signature and a load of letters and numbers come up do u know what that means hun??

You could run a memory check to eliminate that as the problem.

http://memtest86.com/
There is a version to create a bootable floppy diskette and/or an ISO for creating a CD.
Run it overnight and any failures are unacceptable.

Also, it might have overheated.

ok thank u hun i will do that thanks for everything x

A common thing that can happen with ram, even ram that worked fine previously, is the ram has, or has developed, a poor connection in it's slot(s).
This usually happens a long time after the ram was installed, but it can happen with new ram, or after moving the computer case from one place to another, and I've had even new modules that needed to have their contacts cleaned.

See response 2 in this - try cleaning the contacts on the ram modules, and making sure the modules are properly seated:
http://www.computing.net/hardware/w...

For a laptop, you must remove both its main battery and AC adapter before you do that.

If you do a ram test, do that AFTER having tried cleaning the contacts and making sure the ram is seated properly - otherwise any errors found may be FALSE.

If you had your problem only after installing ram that was not in the mboard before, not all ram is compatible with you mboard.
If the ram is incompatible with the chipset, it will likely FAIL a ram test - that is NOT a true indication of the ram being faulty - there is probably nothing wrong with it, and it will pass the test if installed in a mboard it is compatible with.

If you want to try a memory diagnostic utility that takes a lot less time to run a full pass than memtest86 does, this one is pretty good - Microsoft's
Windows Memory Diagnostic:
http://oca.microsoft.com/en/windiag...
It can be toggled to do a standard or a more comprehensive set of tests - use the default 6 test one first - if it passes one pass of that, use the latter one. A few of the tests in the latter set are intentionally slower.

You DO NOT have to run any ram test overnight.
If it passes a couple passes of the full set of tests, there's nothing wrong with it.