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I Have A Big Problem !!!
Name: Pain_Slayer Date: June 23, 2003 at 09:34:32 Pacific OS: windows 98 CPU/Ram: 1000 mhz 256 ram
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i have a problem with my old computer .........the problem is when Y start the Computer there's A Weird sound (BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!)..and i see nothin on the screen ...is it the motherboard the problem or the processor or the connections ??? (-_-)????And The Sound is repetitive ....
Name: BUDM Date: June 23, 2003 at 09:55:06 Pacific
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If you hear 1 short beep and and a second later follows by 3 long beeps then you may have bad video card, if it just 3 beeps, then you may have ram problem, you can try reseating the card and the rams first.
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Response Number 2
Name: Pain_Slayer Date: June 23, 2003 at 10:09:48 Pacific
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The Sound is 1 Long beep like 5 seconds each..and then the sounds restart....Its impossible that my card had a prob ...i just bought it last months......If its the ram problem....How Do i Fix it?
(-_-;)????
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Response Number 3
Name: MaadhuriMN Date: June 23, 2003 at 10:52:15 Pacific
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Beeps are coded audio signalsgenerated by the Motherboard BIOS and since there is no single standard for all different BIOSes, the duration and cadence of the emitted sound vary. Unless you can provide the name of the BIOS[Examples: AMI BIOS, Phoenix BIOS, AWARD BIOS, IBM BIOS etc] in your PC, or the Make & Model of the motherboar or if it is a Brand name PC , its make and model as shown on its chassis, interpreting these coded sounds will be a guessing game. If you like , you can check some published Beep Codes here. Additional information as to whether there were any hardware changes made to this PC before these beeps started to occur,would be a very good circumstantial evidence for the suspected cause.
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Response Number 4
Name: phil Date: June 23, 2003 at 11:55:24 Pacific
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Try to reseat your video card. It probably is loose.
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Response Number 5
Name: Pain_Slayer Date: June 23, 2003 at 13:32:05 Pacific
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Is it possible to start the computer without a sdram memory ????Can That be the problem ???
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Response Number 6
Name: Pain_slayer Date: June 23, 2003 at 14:20:08 Pacific
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1 long, 2 short Indicates a video error has occurred and the BIOS cannot initialize the video screen to display any additional information
I think i have this problem.....beacause i changed my video card...But How to do i reset the BIOS?..??i heard u change the jumper 1-2 to 2-3...But ...do i let the computer Powered when i switch the jumper?
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Response Number 7
Name: MaadhuriMN Date: June 23, 2003 at 17:11:38 Pacific
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Before changing the CMOS Reset Jumper,disconnect the Mob Power Connector (s).
After placing the jumper over pins 2& 3 for about 10 seconds, replace them back on the default position Pins 1&2.. Then Reconnect the Motherboard Power Connector(s)
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Response Number 8
Name: budm Date: June 23, 2003 at 22:55:11 Pacific
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try putting the old video card back in and see what happen.
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Response Number 9
Name: Pain_Slayer Date: June 24, 2003 at 06:17:56 Pacific
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