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12-09-2007, 09:21 AM
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PC won't boot! HELP!
i recently built my own pc. it's running on windows vista home premium. however, this morning went I went to boot it up, the screen did nothing and all that happened was that the computer made one long, then two short beeping sounds. It repeated these three beeps over and over and I can't figure out anything to do. Help!!!
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12-09-2007, 09:34 AM
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Shiro Usagi
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One long, two short is usually memory related...could be system memory (RAM) or could be video memory (on the video card).
Please post the complete specs for this computer. List all the parts by brand and model including the power supply. Do you have compatible spare parts you can swap in to test with? When troubleshooting you'll want the motherboard out of the case on a non-conductive surface.  Cricket
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12-09-2007, 05:17 PM
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Here's my specs:
ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe AM2 NVIDIA nForce 570 SLI MCP ATX AMD Motherboard AMD Athlon 64 X2 4200+ Windsor 2.2GHz Socket AM2 89W Processor Model ADA4200CUBOX NEC 16X DVD±R DVD Burner Black IDE/ATAPI Model ND-3550A SAMSUNG 18X DVD±R DVD Burner With 12X DVD-RAM Write Black E-IDE/ATAPI Model SH-S182D/BEBE Rosewill RC-403 Conexant 56Kbps PCI Bus (Plug & Play) Modem XFX PV-T73G-UDD3 GeForce 7600GT 256MB 128-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 SLI Supported Video Card Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD2500KS 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive Windows Vista Home Premium Edition I don't have any parts I can swap out to check with. What can I do?!!! |
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12-09-2007, 05:52 PM
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Do you have multiple sticks of RAM? Try using one at a time.
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12-09-2007, 05:56 PM
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It's set for 2 x 1 GB. That's what I'm using. So you're recommending I just take one out at a time?
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12-09-2007, 05:59 PM
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Yup, could be a bum stick. Or a bum DIMM slot, so try different slots too.
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12-09-2007, 06:17 PM
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Got it. It must have been one of the DIMM slots becasue I just shifted them both up to the next slot and it works. Thanks a lot!
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12-09-2007, 06:37 PM
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You could try moving them back, they might not have been seated properly.
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