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sparkzilla500

Discussion Starter · Nov 17, 2007

I have a problem and need help in a bad way. When I turn on my pc the green light come on like they should, but in a couple seconds they turn red/orange and it beeps from inside. It never sends a signal to the monitor or does anything. Can anyone tell me what the problem could be. And no it's not this computer.. LOL I cant do anyhting with. THanks

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mcharley94

· #2 · Nov 17, 2007

Can you post the beep sequence?

i.e. 1 short 2 long, or 1 high and 1 low.

The beeps are CMOS codes and this should help in determining what is going on.

Give us some more information as well, like brand of computer, OS, hardware configuration.

Also, have you made any hardware changes recently?

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Deleted090308

· #3 · Nov 17, 2007

What power supply do you have?

Also - clear CMOS. To do that:

First ground yourself by touching a radiator or the computer case.
Then unplug the computer from the wall outlet and open the case.
Remove the little "coin-like" battery on the motherboard.
Move the "clear CMOS" jumper on the motherboard from pins 1&2 to pins 2&3.
Wait 30 minutes.
Replace the jumper to pins 1&2.
Put the battery back.
Close the case and start the computer.
Enter BIOS and choose "Load setup defaults" (or something similar) - save and exit BIOS.

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sparkzilla500

Discussion Starter · #4 · Nov 17, 2007

mcharley94 said:
Can you post the beep sequence?

i.e. 1 short 2 long, or 1 high and 1 low.

The beeps are CMOS codes and this should help in determining what is going on.

Give us some more information as well, like brand of computer, OS, hardware configuration.

Also, have you made any hardware changes recently?

the beeps are 5 short ones then a 3 sec pause and 5 more short ones.
the computer is an hp dx 5150 with an amd 3800 x2 windows xp pro

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Deleted090308

· #5 · Nov 17, 2007

That's a memory error.

Unplug the computer.
Take the RAM stick(s) out - then put them back.
If that doesn't help - clear CMOS.

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sarfoo

· #6 · Nov 20, 2007

Hi

I used my computer couple of days before and it was working fine and was shutdown normally. But last night when I started my computer it just started and stops within 2 or 3 seconds after a low beep and no display shows on monitor during this. I tried to start it again and again but the same thing is happened.

Can anyone please tell me what is the actual problem with my computer?

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Deleted090308

· #7 · Nov 20, 2007

@sarfoo: Please start your own thread.

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