PC Not Booting - Pls Help

kpereira · 10-13-2007, 04:58 AM

Hello there,

I have PIV 1.8GHz on an assembled case with a HP Mother Board on it (don't know exactly from which HP PC).

Anyways, the PC was working perfectly fine for the last 2 years since I assembled it, but from today morning onwards it seems to be gone insane...

When I switched ON the PC first time today, the monitor displayed the message "Switching to Power Saving Mode in 5 Seconds" (Viewsonic Monitor). This informs that there is no signal coming from the PC to the monitor. After couple of seconds, there was some beep sound from the PC. One Long Beep and 3 Short Beeps. So I tried to power off by pressing the power switch did not help and I had to remove the power chord from socket. As soon as I connected the Power chord back to the socket, keyboard keys blinked and the computer started running, but no display and again the same beep sounds after couple of seconds..

I had an extra Processor, tried with a new processor, same problem.

Please help me resolve the issue.

thanks,
Kpereira.

**speedster123** · 10-13-2007, 05:12 AM

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

check and reseat the video card if it isnt onboard video
try and start in safe mode to check for any conflicts [yellow] in the device manager.. attached to the video display

kpereira · 10-13-2007, 06:22 AM

Speedster,

Thanks for your immediate response.

Pls note that my PC is not booting in the first place to check the device manager.

I have already done the reseating of VGA card and memory card. I even tried with a new processor, new VGA Card and a new RAM.

Pls help.

Regards,
Kpereira.

10-13-2007, 04:58 AM	#1 (permalink)
kpereira Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 2 OS: Windows XP SP2	PC Not Booting - Pls Help Hello there, I have PIV 1.8GHz on an assembled case with a HP Mother Board on it (don't know exactly from which HP PC). Anyways, the PC was working perfectly fine for the last 2 years since I assembled it, but from today morning onwards it seems to be gone insane... When I switched ON the PC first time today, the monitor displayed the message "Switching to Power Saving Mode in 5 Seconds" (Viewsonic Monitor). This informs that there is no signal coming from the PC to the monitor. After couple of seconds, there was some beep sound from the PC. One Long Beep and 3 Short Beeps. So I tried to power off by pressing the power switch did not help and I had to remove the power chord from socket. As soon as I connected the Power chord back to the socket, keyboard keys blinked and the computer started running, but no display and again the same beep sounds after couple of seconds.. I had an extra Processor, tried with a new processor, same problem. Please help me resolve the issue. thanks, Kpereira.

10-13-2007, 05:12 AM	#2 (permalink)
speedster123 Mentor Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: United States-New York-Long Island Posts: 5,142 OS: xp pro SP3 My System	Re: PC Not Booting - Pls Help http://www.pchell.com/hardware/beepcodes.shtml check and reseat the video card if it isnt onboard video try and start in safe mode to check for any conflicts [yellow] in the device manager.. attached to the video display __________________

10-13-2007, 06:22 AM	#3 (permalink)
kpereira Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 2 OS: Windows XP SP2	Re: PC Not Booting - Pls Help Speedster, Thanks for your immediate response. Pls note that my PC is not booting in the first place to check the device manager. I have already done the reseating of VGA card and memory card. I even tried with a new processor, new VGA Card and a new RAM. Pls help. Regards, Kpereira.