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The Way Out · Mar 13, 2008, 07:23 PM // 19:23

Quote:

Originally Posted by Admael

The specs ARE fine, I'm just wondering if she connected it to the board correctly.

Yes, I don't think that is the problem. The system wouldn't power up like that. The beeps are either memory, video, or power.

0siris · Mar 13, 2008, 07:31 PM // 19:31

Download and install Everest It will tell you what bios you are running.

From there you could try to determine what's going on. www.bioscentral.com has a very nice rundown of all the error codes for many different bios'

hope that helps,

-O

:edit: I'm assuming your machine posts without a problem.

Detailed system specs would be very helpful in order to aid in the diagnosis of the problem.

Tarun · Mar 13, 2008, 08:00 PM // 20:00

Brianna, this page should help you diagnose the problem. Just match up your BIOs and the beeps.

http://www.pchell.com/hardware/beepcodes.shtml

You can hit F1, F2 or whatever key they say to press to enter your BIOs to get the exact version which will be extremely helpful in diagnosis.

Brianna · Mar 13, 2008, 08:12 PM // 20:12

Well, as I'm not even getting display on the monitor, I cannot enter the BIOS or anything, the comp won't start. It just powers on and beeps, that is all I get.

Infinite continuous beeps, 5 seconds between each other, seems that none of the little beep pages describe what I have, closest they come to is Mobo/Power supply beep types, and I'm leaning more towards a burnt out motherboard.

nvmu · Mar 13, 2008, 08:20 PM // 20:20

This is going to sound stupid, but how dusty is it inside the case, to much dust might have itplugged up and over heating the cpu instently which could be why it is not booting up.

Tarun · Mar 13, 2008, 08:33 PM // 20:33

I know this might seem far fetched, but have you tried unplugging the keyboard/mouse if they're connected via PS/2?

Brianna · Mar 13, 2008, 08:38 PM // 20:38

There's no dust in the case or parts at all.

And the Mouse/Keyboard are USB.

I just think regardless of anything I should get the picture on the screen to come up, something must be really wrong if I don't get that.

nvmu · Mar 13, 2008, 08:47 PM // 20:47

Ya, the funny thing is that if it is that screwed up that it even turns on.
you said no dust that eliminates over heating
you said you tried different video cards so that eliminates that
if it was the power supply most likely it wouldn't even turn on(atleast mine didn't)
my comp was recently corupted, but even then it started booting, well before it would get in a loop that kept restarting itself

that leaves only a few things possable
maybe motherboard
maybe the harddrive is shot
maybe if you had more compatable ram i'd say trying putting that in(if u didn't all ready)

Brianna · Mar 14, 2008, 07:47 AM // 07:47

Can only be 3 things, RAM, Motherboard, or Power Supply.

In a week or so I'm gonna take the PSU back and swap it out for another, can't get around to it faster than that, so I'll have to wait until then to eliminate that.

Admael · Mar 14, 2008, 07:57 AM // 07:57

Use the PSU that you're using on this computer :P

In my experience, if its RAM, it won't even POST. No beeping, no POSTing, no nothing. If it's the mobo, it'll screech and if it's the PSU... well it'll do what yours is doing now.

The Way Out · Mar 14, 2008, 01:18 PM // 13:18

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brianna

There's no dust in the case or parts at all.

And the Mouse/Keyboard are USB.

I just think regardless of anything I should get the picture on the screen to come up, something must be really wrong if I don't get that.

Sorry, I was away from guru for a bit. USB ports can have a tremendous effect on systems (mainly due to the way they are powered). I would suggest unplugging all USB devices on the system. However, I still lean towards the same thing I said previously (PSU, Memory, or Video.

Rarely do you see a fried mobo (unless improperly mounted and it shorted out or bad CPU).

My Last suggestion is to pull out the CMOS battery on the mobo and let it sit for about five minutes. Put it back in and let me know if that helped. I doubt it, however, I have seen stranger solutions.