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| 403333 | 2005-11-10 05:03:00 | Hi Being the most tech savvy people in my group of freinds I am always the go-to man when stuff goes wrong with their systems. I am currently looking at a PC for a friend. When I got it and turned it on the CPU fan started spinning then there was series of long beeps which conitinued until I shut the system down. A bit of research pointed to faulty ram so I bought some more ram and chucked that in. The next attempt at a start had the CPU fan fire up and then nothing. The fan was still spinning but nothing else happened (at least the series of long beeps had disappeared). So I unintalled every component (hard drive, cd drive, video card (has on-board graphics also) and tried again. SAme result. I fired the original ram stick back in and back to the series of long beeps again. At no stage did I get the beep (bios?) at start-up and the monitor was on but it was as if there was no signal going to it because it never went out of it's standby mode (from orange light to green). Any suggestions would be gratefully accepted otherwise I think I am looking at a puckerood mobo or CPU. Cheers. |
Tukapa (62) | ||
| 403334 | 2005-11-10 05:53:00 | It may help if you say what operating system was on this computer and also make and model if a Dell, HP, IBM etc. Further to that try finding the make and model of motherboard and post it here. I would think that the O/S is possibly immaterial at this point. The POST (Power On Self Test) should as you say normally give one BEEP. Have you got into the BIOS yet? If the AGP video card has died and you have not yet told the bios to use onboard graphics. When you say you UNINSTALLED every component like some hardware I guess you just removed it I think? This is different to getting into control panel and disabling or uninstalling as I'm sure you must be aware. I would start with the motherboard and have CPU fitted and also RAM fitted and also some form of video output like the on board or the AGP card. Possible and often overlooked is the power supply. Just my 2 cents worth. It will not be long before someone jumps in and says I am totally wrong |
Elephant (599) | ||
| 403335 | 2005-11-10 07:59:00 | It will not be long before someone jumps in and says I am totally wrong Don't worry about that. Even I have learned to differentiate between those who know what they are talkig about and those who are just talking. And for what it's worth, I would do exactly what you suggest. |
JJJJJ (528) | ||
| 403336 | 2005-11-10 08:12:00 | Hi Being the most tech savvy people in my group of freinds I am always the go-to man when stuff goes wrong with their systems. I am currently looking at a PC for a friend. When I got it and turned it on the CPU fan started spinning then there was series of long beeps which conitinued until I shut the system down. A bit of research pointed to faulty ram so I bought some more ram and chucked that in. The next attempt at a start had the CPU fan fire up and then nothing. The fan was still spinning but nothing else happened (at least the series of long beeps had disappeared). So I unintalled every component (hard drive, cd drive, video card (has on-board graphics also) and tried again. SAme result. I fired the original ram stick back in and back to the series of long beeps again. At no stage did I get the beep (bios?) at start-up and the monitor was on but it was as if there was no signal going to it because it never went out of it's standby mode (from orange light to green). Any suggestions would be gratefully accepted otherwise I think I am looking at a puckerood mobo or CPU. Cheers.First off, I doubt the CPU is pakaru. As Elephant suggested, ensure the BIOS is using the correct graphics outlet (onboard or AGP, sometimes settable in BIOS). Throw the new RAM in and give it a whirl. Also, double check the RAM is properly seated for any attempt. Also as suggested by Elephant, if this is still unsuccessful try swapping out the PSU. Also.. if a P4 or late-ish AMD, is the little 4 pin power supply plugged into the mobo? |
Myth (110) | ||
| 403337 | 2005-11-10 08:18:00 | In my experience ram or graphics not seated correctly will give beeps. Dead ram or graphics often won't. | pctek (84) | ||
| 403338 | 2005-11-10 08:42:00 | try the ram n a different slot........ | drcspy (146) | ||
| 403339 | 2005-11-10 08:44:00 | what tyep of ram is it ?............ddr ?..........sd ? | drcspy (146) | ||
| 403340 | 2005-11-10 10:26:00 | Hi all Thanks for your replies. By uninstalled I meant completely removed the components from the system. It is a generic box (no name brand such as Compaq, Dell etc) running Win XP Home. I have been unable to get into the bios, it does not boot that far. I never get any output to the screen. It did have an AGP graphics card installed but it also has onboard graphics. I am pretty sure it is a MS-6390 mobo (from memory) so will have AMD CPU installed. Link here www.msi.com.tw One ram stick (the original one) causes the PC to emit a series of long beeps on start-up, the other stick (new one) does not emit the beeps. Neither boots to the POST beep or outputs anything to screen. Hope this answers a few questions. Once again thanks for all your help. |
Tukapa (62) | ||
| 403341 | 2005-11-10 18:08:00 | I had exactly the same problem with a mate’s computer. (Continuous long beeps and no video). The computer had been turned off for a month whilst he was overseas. However, removing and refitting the RAM solved the problem. As already suggested try fitting the RAM into another slot, trying the original RAM first. |
B.M. (505) | ||
| 403342 | 2005-11-10 20:06:00 | Hi all Thanks for your replies. By uninstalled I meant completely removed the components from the system. It is a generic box (no name brand such as Compaq, Dell etc) running Win XP Home. I have been unable to get into the bios, it does not boot that far. I never get any output to the screen. It did have an AGP graphics card installed but it also has onboard graphics. I am pretty sure it is a MS-6390 mobo (from memory) so will have AMD CPU installed. Link here www.msi.com.tw One ram stick (the original one) causes the PC to emit a series of long beeps on start-up, the other stick (new one) does not emit the beeps. Neither boots to the POST beep or outputs anything to screen. Hope this answers a few questions. Once again thanks for all your help.Hmm ok,so you can't get to post or BIOS at all? Did you try the advice about swapping the PSU? Other than that (if you are ensuring the RAM is seated correctly) its looking more like the mobo |
Myth (110) | ||
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