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| Thread ID: 85928 | 2007-12-27 12:58:00 | Computer Beeps when turned on and won't boot | spaceman8815 (4112) | Press F1 |
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| 625001 | 2007-12-27 12:58:00 | When i turn on my desktop computer it gets to the screen where it shows the specifications of the hardware and then the computer (not the speakers) makes a continuous beep sound. Also down the bottom of the screen it says CD Drive not found and floppy drive not found (I have both a floppy drive and DVD/CD drive). At first i thought it might be something wrong with the hard drive but when i hocked it up to my laptop it worked fine. I have also checked everything inside is plug in properly to. So is this a problem with the motherboard ? or something else? Will i need to take it into the repair shop? Specifications: Packard bell Windows XP Home edition 1GB RAM 2.8GHz Intel Pentium 4 processor 80GB HDD |
spaceman8815 (4112) | ||
| 625002 | 2007-12-27 19:04:00 | How did you hook the hard drive up to the laptop? What does the PC do if you try to boot it without the hard drive attached? Still get the beep? |
CYaBro (73) | ||
| 625003 | 2007-12-27 19:37:00 | buy a new one mate. | grahic (12930) | ||
| 625004 | 2007-12-27 20:28:00 | makes a continuous beep sound. Packard bell How unsurprising. As to its problem, it depends on the beep codes. How many beeps? Long, short, combination? Then we could tell you if its worth fixing. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 625005 | 2007-12-27 22:20:00 | How did you hook the hard drive up to the laptop? I connected it to my laptop with a hard drive enclosure (USB) How unsurprising. As to its problem, it depends on the beep codes. How many beeps? Long, short, combination? Then we could tell you if its worth fixing. The beep is a really fast pattern to fast to count the interval between(maybe like less than half a second), but this pattern just continues until i turn the computer off. Do Packard bell's do this all the time? |
spaceman8815 (4112) | ||
| 625006 | 2007-12-28 00:11:00 | Repeating beeps is usually bad RAM, or badly seated RAM. Or RAM utterly covered in huge amounts of fluff. Packard Bells are the 2nd most common PCs I get in for hardware repairs........ |
pctek (84) | ||
| 625007 | 2007-12-28 00:45:00 | Could also be a stuck key on the keyboard. Try another keyboard if possible. |
CYaBro (73) | ||
| 625008 | 2007-12-28 00:47:00 | Packard Bells are the 2nd most common PCs I get in for hardware repairs........ Please don't keep us in suspense - what is the most common? |
decibel (11645) | ||
| 625009 | 2007-12-28 00:58:00 | It sounds like faulty memory, but it seems the computer has gotten pass the basic memory check if it's proceeded to drive detection. I suggest resetting the BIOS to default/loadsafe settings and trying again. If it continues again, then I suggest checking the RAM, which might mean replacing them. If still no luck, the motherboard is probably failing. Anything off the IDE/FD controllers aren't needed to get a successful boot, so even if the drives weren't detected, it should have gone through. CD Drive detection is only needed when required to boot from those devices, otherwise it can be turned off to speed up the initial POST screen. Cheers, KK P.S. Guessing the most common branded machine, I would say it's HP, since I've done a lot of work on them. PB wouldn't be my second common, it would be Acer followed by Dell, PB is rare for me to see nowadays. |
Kame (312) | ||
| 625010 | 2007-12-28 01:13:00 | Could also be a stuck key on the keyboard. Try another keyboard if possible. This sounds more like the problem, esp if its already gotten past the POST stage. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
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