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pc beeps, doesnt boot
Name: var00n Date: January 20, 2003 at 22:56:08 Pacific OS: win 98 CPU/Ram: celeron/64mb
Comment:
immidiately i swith on the pc it only makes beep sound and nothig will come on screen and it doesn't boot. what could be the cause? please help.
Name: Taxi Date: January 20, 2003 at 23:17:14 Pacific
Reply:
First check for how many beeps and see wot it means on ur mb/bios website
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Response Number 2
Name: Seth Date: January 21, 2003 at 01:48:27 Pacific
Reply:
Normally its a hardware prob when the pc beeps unnormal at the beginning.
do listen to the beep and write the sequence down.
after this, you should do what taxi says :)
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Response Number 3
Name: Johanovitch Date: January 21, 2003 at 03:10:36 Pacific
Reply:
The times that I had a 'beep-problem', it was caused by a RAM-module that wasn't properly seated. Removing the module, booting, shutting down and then install the ram-module again solved it in my case. Be sure to unplug your powercable(s) when handling the rammodules.
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Response Number 4
Name: Raymond867 Date: January 21, 2003 at 04:45:47 Pacific
Reply:
Just like "TAXI" you will need to find out what the beeps mean. When a system starts it goes into a boot process that includes a POST(Power On Self Test)this is where the beep codes come from. One short beep means all is well. Anything else is an error. They are in a long-short format so you have to count the codes i.e one short-three long-one short which could mean you have a video card failure. Your motherboard manufacturer will need to tell you this. Something to look for, does it appear that the hard drive light flashes more than once. If it does not your problem is either Video card, RAM or Processor. Try reseating all of these components and rebooting. If this does not work, you most likely have a failure.
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