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| pointdablame:
--- Quote from: Havok on July 28, 2005, 11:48:46 am ---Best case is to re-seat every component that can be removed, (all plugs on mobo, ram, pci\agp cards, etc) and boot up again. If that doesn't work, and you still get the beep error code, try removing every device that is removable, including drives. You MUST have a load on the power supply, so connect at least one hard drive, and power up. If you still get the beeping, you're probably screwed. If not, then connect one component at a time, until the problem reoccurs. Then you'll know which piece is bad. Good luck! --- End quote --- your motherboard is connected to the power supply... you don't need a hard drive to supply a load. |
| RayB:
Also, if you don't mind spending $, then the typical computer shop can look at it for probably anywhere between $20 to $50. It sucks to spend money like that, but if you'd rather not have the headache, then they can tell you exactly what's wrong. (Just make sure you bring it to a trusted place). |
| traknfieldSUPAstar:
what bios does your motherboard run? the beeps for one bios could mean something totally different for another. I'd check online to find out, if you can't, then go ahead and reseat your ram, videocard, cables, etc... as stated by havok. Good luck, and i hope everything turns out ok |
| Havok:
--- Quote from: pointdablame on July 28, 2005, 11:57:59 am --- --- Quote from: Havok on July 28, 2005, 11:48:46 am ---Best case is to re-seat every component that can be removed, (all plugs on mobo, ram, pci\agp cards, etc) and boot up again. If that doesn't work, and you still get the beep error code, try removing every device that is removable, including drives. You MUST have a load on the power supply, so connect at least one hard drive, and power up. If you still get the beeping, you're probably screwed. If not, then connect one component at a time, until the problem reoccurs. Then you'll know which piece is bad. Good luck! --- End quote --- your motherboard is connected to the power supply... you don't need a hard drive to supply a load. --- End quote --- Mobo does the 5volt, hard drive does the 12volt... |
| pointdablame:
--- Quote from: Havok on July 28, 2005, 12:30:08 pm --- --- Quote from: pointdablame on July 28, 2005, 11:57:59 am --- --- Quote from: Havok on July 28, 2005, 11:48:46 am ---Best case is to re-seat every component that can be removed, (all plugs on mobo, ram, pci\agp cards, etc) and boot up again. If that doesn't work, and you still get the beep error code, try removing every device that is removable, including drives. You MUST have a load on the power supply, so connect at least one hard drive, and power up. If you still get the beeping, you're probably screwed. If not, then connect one component at a time, until the problem reoccurs. Then you'll know which piece is bad. Good luck! --- End quote --- your motherboard is connected to the power supply... you don't need a hard drive to supply a load. --- End quote --- Mobo does the 5volt, hard drive does the 12volt... --- End quote --- It's been my experience that with the motherboard on the 5v line, you shouldn't have a problem. I've run systems to test without a hard drive or optical drive dozens of times with no problems |
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