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ohiossu · 05-22-2008, 09:48 PM

One problem solved and I have another with my wifes' computer. I gave her my older t1842 model emachines for her business. It worked fine for awhile but now when she turns it on, it goes "beep.. BEEP< BEEP< BEEP, BEEP< BEEP< BEEP, ..BEEP" I guess that would be 1-3-3-1. This has to be an error code. No video. Just the sound. DVD/cdrw drive lights come on (2 dvd drives) and HDD drive light comes on for a second and thats it. This computer has 2 ram stacks (256 and 128) and I took both out one at a time and no joy. The next time I tried to boot it booted. I turned it off and restarted and it gave me the error codes and wont stop. It has an upgraded power supply (300 watts I believe I upgraded 3 years ago, the machine is 5 yrs old). The pwr supply could be the problem but I am hesitant to buy a new one if someone has some more suggestions? Thanks!

05-22-2008, 09:48 PM	#1 (permalink)
ohiossu Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Location: ohio Posts: 30 OS: Vista	[SOLVED] Beep codes??? One problem solved and I have another with my wifes' computer. I gave her my older t1842 model emachines for her business. It worked fine for awhile but now when she turns it on, it goes "beep.. BEEP< BEEP< BEEP, BEEP< BEEP< BEEP, ..BEEP" I guess that would be 1-3-3-1. This has to be an error code. No video. Just the sound. DVD/cdrw drive lights come on (2 dvd drives) and HDD drive light comes on for a second and thats it. This computer has 2 ram stacks (256 and 128) and I took both out one at a time and no joy. The next time I tried to boot it booted. I turned it off and restarted and it gave me the error codes and wont stop. It has an upgraded power supply (300 watts I believe I upgraded 3 years ago, the machine is 5 yrs old). The pwr supply could be the problem but I am hesitant to buy a new one if someone has some more suggestions? Thanks!