One long, two short beeps...

edarem · 01-17-2005, 02:25 PM

On my Compaq with Windows Me, I get one long and 2 short beeps on my computer and the screen stays black. (I tried removing and reinserting the 256 memory sticks, but it doesn't help.

Can anyone help? Thanks.

01-17-2005, 05:34 PM

Hi and welcome to the forum,

You really need much more information to troubleshoot these beeps. Even the make and model of motherboard would give us a clue what that beep code might be. Maybe even a model number of the computer would help. Did you take one stick out and only try one stick of memory? I would give that a try anyhow.

sgundrum · 01-17-2005, 06:14 PM

Make sure that your video card is fully seated. If the video card is part of the motherboard, find a video card to put into the system. Check your system documents to see what ports your machine has. A PCI card should work.

Stephen

dai · 01-18-2005, 12:20 AM

check the codes here
http://www.sysopt.com/biosbmc.html

Duckster1 · 01-22-2005, 09:48 AM

1 Long, then 2 Short Beeps: Video error

The BIOS is unable to access the video system in order to write any error messages to the screen.

This is usually caused by a problem with the video card, or the memory on the video card. It can also be a motherboard issue.

If its onboard VGA, probaly the RAM has went south, try the sticks in another system, and try the monitor on a differant system! Its has to be one or the other! If they are both ok, the motherboard may have a problem!

01-17-2005, 02:25 PM	#1 (permalink)
edarem Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4 OS: Me and XP Home	One long, two short beeps... On my Compaq with Windows Me, I get one long and 2 short beeps on my computer and the screen stays black. (I tried removing and reinserting the 256 memory sticks, but it doesn't help. Can anyone help? Thanks.

01-22-2005, 09:48 AM	#5 (permalink)
Duckster1 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Swink Colorado Posts: 172 OS: WXP Pro	1 Long, then 2 Short Beeps: Video error The BIOS is unable to access the video system in order to write any error messages to the screen. This is usually caused by a problem with the video card, or the memory on the video card. It can also be a motherboard issue. If its onboard VGA, probaly the RAM has went south, try the sticks in another system, and try the monitor on a differant system! Its has to be one or the other! If they are both ok, the motherboard may have a problem! __________________ Duck

01-17-2005, 05:34 PM	#2 (permalink)
mark3567 Guest Posts: n/a OS:	Hi and welcome to the forum, You really need much more information to troubleshoot these beeps. Even the make and model of motherboard would give us a clue what that beep code might be. Maybe even a model number of the computer would help. Did you take one stick out and only try one stick of memory? I would give that a try anyhow.

01-17-2005, 06:14 PM	#3 (permalink)
sgundrum Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Nampa,ID Posts: 76 OS: XP Pro / Redhat Linux	Make sure that your video card is fully seated. If the video card is part of the motherboard, find a video card to put into the system. Check your system documents to see what ports your machine has. A PCI card should work. Stephen

01-18-2005, 12:20 AM	#4 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 56,702 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	check the codes here http://www.sysopt.com/biosbmc.html