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Name: ALPO Date: November 16, 2004 at 16:26:01 Pacific OS: winxp pro CPU/Ram: n/a
Comment:
can someone please explain to me what does 3 beeps mean during startup...i'm unable to boot up during my startup but instead receive 3beeps over and over again...
Name: Rimfire Date: November 16, 2004 at 16:35:45 Pacific
Reply:
Depends on which BIOS you are using. The beep codes are there to identify POST errors which occur before the video is loaded.
At a guess, you've probably got a RAM failure.
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Response Number 2
Name: ALPO Date: November 16, 2004 at 16:58:46 Pacific
Reply:
well, i have no idea what bios i'm using because the monitor isn't coming up....if you think its the RAM failure....how do i approach this problem??...
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