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February 25th, 2002, 07:47 PM
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CAD Guru - PC Specialist
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February 25th, 2002, 08:55 PM
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Depends on the mobo but on mine (asus) it means no RAM installed.
"The course of this conflict is not known, yet its outcome is certain. Freedom and fear, justice and cruelty, have always been at war, and we know that God is not neutral between them." President George W. Bush
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February 25th, 2002, 09:21 PM
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The other common cause is BIOS hardware thermal/fan monitoring. Try resetting the BIOS.
To prove something, one must first try to disprove it.
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February 26th, 2002, 05:31 AM
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Agree with xschmittyx - it usually means bad memory. Try to reseat (or replace) memory stick...
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February 26th, 2002, 05:06 PM
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CAD Guru - PC Specialist
Ok, I replaced the memory and tried 2 different modules, still get the beeping. I also tried a different video card...no luck. any other sugg?? Could the MB be dead??
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February 27th, 2002, 09:33 AM
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<a href="http://www.pcguide.com/ts/x/sys/beep/index-i.htm" target="_blank">www.pcguide.com/ts/x/sys/beep/index-i.htm</a>
see above for beep error codes.
If it was me I would pull everything out of system except memory and a PCI video card. If it then boots look in the CMOS for "init. first" and make sure its not set to PCI.
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February 27th, 2002, 12:32 PM
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CAD Guru - PC Specialist
[quote]Originally posted by xt477:
<strong><a href="http://www.pcguide.com/ts/x/sys/beep/index-i.htm" target="_blank">www.pcguide.com/ts/x/sys/beep/index-i.htm</a>
see above for beep error codes.
If it was me I would pull everything out of system except memory and a PCI video card. If it then boots look in the CMOS for "init. first" and make sure its not set to PCI.</strong><hr></blockquote>
Thats how I am trying it...only RAM and Vid card...I took Vid out and booted up, still beeped. I really think MB is shot....
BTW..that is a great site...it is now bookmarked! 
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February 27th, 2002, 06:07 PM
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Did you check the keyboard connection?
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February 27th, 2002, 09:58 PM
#9
CAD Guru - PC Specialist
[quote]Originally posted by Mauser:
<strong>Did you check the keyboard connection?</strong><hr></blockquote>
Its funny you say that, because I am still playing around and I unplugged all cables from the back of the PC and rebooted, and I got to the BIOS, but this happened only once. When the computer does boot, it is for a random reason. 9 times out of 10, I get the 3 second beep.
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February 27th, 2002, 11:46 PM
#10
Registered User
Try another keyboard. Sounds like a stuck key.
Worst case is that you may have a bad mem slot. Had the same thing happen on a Deskpro EN recently. Turned out that the machine had been abused the previous "owner" attempted to install a DIMM backwards. Killed 6 pins and shorted 4 others. Could not see with naked eye.
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February 28th, 2002, 10:01 AM
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[quote] Turned out that the machine had been abused the previous "owner" attempted to install a DIMM backwards. Killed 6 pins and shorted 4 others. <hr></blockquote>
I hate it when that happens, especialy when you tell them only an idiot can't install memory.
"The course of this conflict is not known, yet its outcome is certain. Freedom and fear, justice and cruelty, have always been at war, and we know that God is not neutral between them." President George W. Bush
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February 28th, 2002, 08:38 PM
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If you can get into BIOS once, check to see if H/W thermal or fan monitoring is enabled. If it is enabled disable it and reboot. I've seen this happen with fans that took a while to get up to speed and when the thermal monitoring was cooked.
To prove something, one must first try to disprove it.
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