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Or maybe it's the mobo?
Name: indigian Date: August 25, 2004 at 10:29:01 Pacific OS: 98se&xp pro CPU/Ram: Athlon xp2500-m/1gb pc320
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This is the same problems history:---- http://www.computing.net/hardware/wwwboard/forum/28288.html
So,the ram passed memtest,I put the stick back in the computer worked fine. Gave computer back to friend.It's bieng working fine for a few days untill now,back to 1 long beep on bootup.???
Can a virus/trojan/worm cause this?I know that they have only the xp firewall enabled.No virus package,no 3rd party firewall,nothing.
Name: ron Date: August 25, 2004 at 11:16:35 Pacific
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Your link did not fire up, if you have AMI bios 1 beep memory duff, bios central is down I think, but remember some codes
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Name: ron Date: August 25, 2004 at 11:23:15 Pacific
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Your link my mistake, is ok! Strange strip of memory you have there, unless you have some dirt in the slot.
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Response Number 5
Name: Symbios Date: August 25, 2004 at 12:47:50 Pacific
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Since your motherboard is made by MSI (it’s a 6399 I think) it should have an Award bios. With Award, 1 long beep means either a memory problem or your motherboard is bad.
Since the stick worked fine in your other comp, I’d say there’s something wrong with either the board or the memory slot. Did you try it in a different slot?
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