Hi there:

I have an old WD Caviar 33100 hd. Originally it was in FAT32 since I was running a win98 box. I then upgraded to Win2K Pro and so decided to change it to NTFS as suggested during the upgrade process. During the process from FAT32 to NTFS, the computer froze.

So I just rebooted and decided to start over. When I did this, the computer refused to boot. I then begin to keep hearing this annoying series of single beeps. This was after POST I think.

I got following information from Google search.

AMI

AMI Beep Codes - ...Listing of Codes @ AMI Link,

Except for beep code #8, these codes are always fatal.

1 beep Refresh failure
- try reseating the memory, if the error still occurs, replace the memory
2 beeps Parity error
- try reseating the memory, if the error still occurs, replace the memory
3 beeps Base 64K memory failure
- try reseating the memory, if the error still occurs, replace the memory
4 beeps Timer not operational, system board bad
5 beeps Processor error, system board bad
6 beeps 8042 - gate A20 failure, try reseating the keyboard controller chip
7 beeps Processor exception interrupt error, system board bad
8 beeps Display memory video card read/write failure error, replace video memory or video card
9 beeps ROM checksum error, faulty BIOS chip(s), must replace them
10 beeps CMOS shutdown register read/write error, system board bad
11 beeps Cache memory bad

I then removed the hd and installed it into my mobile rack to try to reformat it. But it does not work. That other computer also begins to beep when this wd hd is installed.

My question is, have I toasted this hd? Please note that I bought it back in 1997 I believe. It's size is around 3.1 GB.

Thanks for reading this post. I really appreaciate it.