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| Thread ID: 69037 | 2006-05-19 21:57:00 | 'POST beep' wont stop - no boot | Erger (10062) | Press F1 |
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| 456193 | 2006-05-19 21:57:00 | A couple of months back our PC developed a problem where it would get to the POST beep and did not progress - the beep became one continuous beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee (not a series of beeps). If you reset a couple of times it would sometimes start. Took it back to the manufacturer and they could not find a problem, cleaned it out, reset all the cards etc and it went ok for about a month. Problem started again .... After going backwards and forwards fixed not fixed, fixed not fixed, they have replaced the motherboards and a faulty HD (2 drives in a stripe?). Ran if for 24hours, couple of restarts, (one in front of me). Took the PC home and that night connected it up, hit the switch - beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee no boot arrrgggghhhhhhh (for the second time) Disconnected all the peripherals - same problem Swapped plugs - same problem Swapped leads - same problem Different room - same problem. Taking it back monday, but wondered if anyone had any ideas. POST beep occurs about 8 secs from poweron, but that is as far as it gets - very very frustrating. tks George ps I know the manufacturer is doing their best but that is not fixing the angst |
Erger (10062) | ||
| 456194 | 2006-05-19 22:08:00 | And what motherboard is in it now? | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 456195 | 2006-05-19 23:00:00 | RAM | Myth (110) | ||
| 456196 | 2006-05-19 23:48:00 | Power supply unit. | FoxyMX (5) | ||
| 456197 | 2006-05-20 04:05:00 | I'd suspect an external problem. Might a stuck key on the keyboard do this? I'd guess that the repairers used their own keyboard, mouse, and monitor. ;) | Graham L (2) | ||
| 456198 | 2006-05-20 05:02:00 | Power supply unit. You what? PSU doesn't cause beeps. Continous long beep is RAM. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 456199 | 2006-05-20 05:08:00 | Tks, 1/ Dont know about the 'Motherboard' 2/ I have read that it could be 'Ram' ... but I think they swapped some out and in and the problem still happened. 3/ Dont think it is the PSU as it powers up ok 4/ Not a peripheral as it happens when there is 'nothing' plugged in except the power cord. George |
Erger (10062) | ||
| 456200 | 2006-05-20 05:59:00 | whats the specs of the pc? could well be bios battery problem. unplug it from the power and the bios resets which sometimes can load the wrong settings. sometimes it can be powersupply .....the pc basicly crashes on post due to lack of power and can spit out all sorts of error messages. also 90% of hardware failures are PSU related so never rule a psu fault out. |
tweak'e (69) | ||
| 456201 | 2006-05-20 06:55:00 | 2/ I have read that it could be 'Ram' ... but I think they swapped some out and in and the problem still happened. 3/ Dont think it is the PSU as it powers up ok You think? Take it back, follow them out the back and watch them swap the ram and then test it. Then if it seems ok, leave it with them for a while longer so they can check it properly. PSUs may cause problems but not BIOS beeps. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 456202 | 2006-05-20 11:12:00 | It could be environmental, try moving the PC to another room. And yes I am serious, an issue was happening to a costomer of mine where if his monitor was on his desk, it would be a purple/green color (no red) but when he bought it in to the shop, it was fine, I suspected it may be a mains wire running in the wall behind his monitor, he moved his PC to another location in his house and after that it was fine. There is one other thing to check, make sure the keyboard and mouse connections are not reversed, on some motherboards this can cause your system not to post, unlikely, but check it anyway. One more thing, I know this sounds stupid, but I had a customer do this, do not put fridge magnets on your case. |
Deimos (5715) | ||
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