Help Mee.....

[masta.z]

hey,

i'm having very big problems with my parent's computer at the moment...

when i turn the power on it starts to boot, beeps, then attempts to start up for 1-2 seconds.. then beeps again, and repeats continuosly until the power is pulled out of the back...

does anyone have any ideas what the problem could be and how best (and cheapest) to fix it?

thanx in advance

Masta.z!

[iMartin]

Sounds like something is loose. Open your case, and make sure everything is in the slots tightly.

[clocker]

What kind of PC is it?

The beeps are a code trying to tell you what is wrong.
Different manufacturers have different "beep codes".

[masta.z]

nothings loose, i bin fidling around with it for a while



and it a Tiny pc... as in the company tiny that used to exist in britain

[bigdawgfoxx]

Reset CMOS. I bet it works.

Get sisoft sandra or AIDA32, search google, and find out what motherboard you have. Then look up the motherboard on the internet and look for a manual or something on how to reset CMOS, might work.

[masta.z]

Originally posted by bigdawgfoxx@2 August 2004 - 23:23
Reset CMOS. I bet it works.

Get sisoft sandra or AIDA32, search google, and find out what motherboard you have. Then look up the motherboard on the internet and look for a manual or something on how to reset CMOS, might work.
:helpsmile:

[clocker]

CMOS. (http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/C/CMOS.html)

Typically, to reset your CMOS you switch a jumper to the reset position and remove the battery.
After replacing the battery and the jumper you can enter BIOS and restore the settings to what worked in the past.

Sounds complicated,eh?
It's not, really.

[firefox]

what operating system is it trying to load, windows 98, ME, 2000, XP,
will it load in safe mode.

[SingaBoiy]

Does this (http://filesharingtalk.com/index.php?showtopic=112293&hl=Beep+codes) help?

[Virtualbody1234]

How many beeps do you hear before the next cycle of beeps start?

[masta.z]

Originally posted by Virtualbody1234@3 August 2004 - 11:34
How many beeps do you hear before the next cycle of beeps start?
one beep per cycle




@ firefox... it don't get anywhere near to booting an OS


@SingaBoiy... a bitty yeah

[Storm]

did they have an up to date AV on it?? could be a BIOS eating virus

is the fan for you CPU working correctly? dustbuildup can clog it......

[lynx]

If you can get into bios, change the boot settings so that the only boot device is the floppy drive.

Then boot the pc without a disk in the floppy drive. If you get the same behaviour you've got a hardware problem, but I'm betting this won't be the case.

Next, change the boot settings so that the only boot device is the HDD. I'm betting that after this you will go back to the same behaviour. If so, it means that the boot info on the HDD has been corrupted.

If I'm right so far, set the CD drive as the first boot device and insert your XP disc. Start up the setup from the XP disk, then tell it to do a repair install. At some point it will rewrite the boot sector and that should solve the problem.

[peat moss]

Check your memory is seated properly .


Link : http://www.computerhope.com/beep.htm