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bios beeps..no screen
Name: Phil Date: December 4, 2003 at 08:38:50 Pacific OS: xp pro CPU/Ram: ath 1800 640 ram
Comment:
when i cold boot in the morning i get no screen nor do i get any bios beeps..i hit restart then after bout 5 sec i hear 1 short beep then 5 sec later i hear another short beep then 1 sec later another short beep...so thats 1............1..1 beeps...3 total...this is about the time i can see the memory test...(i disabled the fast post to see if that would help---it didnt) ok so now if my pc has been running (and seemingly warmed up) and i shut down and boot again i get the same beeps but i will get the screen to show...if i restart i just hear one beep and the screen comes up...everything is fine otherwise...i watched the memory test and it looks fine...my pc reports 640 ram and that is correct..i went to "pcpitstop" and i passed with near flying colors..the "yellow flags" i got were trivial..no probs with memory in any test..i have good 350 watt power supply too...i have new video drivers too...this has been going on now for at least 3 weeks..no worse and no better...any ideas? thanks
Name: Alex Date: December 4, 2003 at 08:42:14 Pacific
Reply:
Hmm, well when metal is cold it contracts, and when hot it expands. Maybe something in your machine is not making good contact. I think you should try reseating all your cards, memory, and maybe even CPU.
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Response Number 2
Name: robdos Date: December 4, 2003 at 09:04:20 Pacific
Reply:
its not a PC Chips mother board is it?
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Response Number 3
Name: Phil Date: December 4, 2003 at 09:41:23 Pacific
Summary: Mobo. Asus A8n32sli GFX Xfx 7950 gtx ram 2 gigs corsair 3500llpro cpu amd 4500 x2 Xp sp3 I'm having trouble diagnosing a problem with my PC. It will power on, all fans run, All led's appear c...
Summary: pc was fine one night when i shut down, the following mourning dead. in the evening i took the side of to have a look for anything ovios, unplugged some sockets,vidio card,ram and reseated and she boo...
Summary: Sounds like you might have damaged the processor, if it was an AMD then its very possible you cracked the core installing the new heatsink. No BIOS beeps and no boot usually inidicates processor error...
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