(solved) My computer beeps after turning o
August 5th, 2016
Yesterday, my friend was writing a report on Word and my pc randomly froze. I had previously done “%windir%\system32\rundll32.exe advapi32.dll,ProcessIdleTasks” to clear the memory without restarting it. I had done it once before and it worked flawlessly. It had been on for seven hours, nothing out of the ordinary for me. The tower was mildly warm and gets a decent air supply.
My (other computer of course) starts up and within two seconds, a beep sounds from the tower for two seconds, then shuts off for two, and repeats for as long as the pc is on. The monitor is still inactive.
Yesterday, my friend was writing a report on Word and my pc randomly froze. I had previously done "%windir%\system32\rundll32.exe advapi32.dll,ProcessIdleTasks" to clear the memory without restarting it. I had done it once before and it worked flawlessly. It had been on for seven hours, nothing out of the ordinary for me. The tower was mildly warm and gets a decent air supply.
could be alot of things, but its probably your ram, trying removing the sticks one by one maybe only one of them are bad.
1 short beep - Normal POST - system is ok
2 short beeps - POST Error - error code shown on screen
No beep - Power supply or system board problem
Continuous beep - Power supply, system board, or keyboard problem
Repeating short beeps - Power supply or system board problem
1 long, 1 short beep - System board problem
1 long, 2 short beeps - Display adapter problem (MDA, CGA)
1 long, 3 short beeps - Enhanced Graphics Adapter (EGA)
3 long beeps - 3270 keyboard card
http://www.pchell.com/hardware/beepcodes.shtml
One Beep: DRAM refresh failure
This may be due to
- Bad memory chips
- A bad DMA Chip
- Bad memory addressing chips on the motherboard
Two Beeps: Parity error or Parity Circuit failure
-Your memory may not be seated properly on the mother board.-Unplug and plug it properly
Three Beeps: Bad memory or bad mother board
Four beeps: Timer failure in the RAM.
Five Beeps: CPU chip may be dead
Six Beeps: Keyboard controller may have failed
Seven beeps: CPU is dead. Retry the connections and test.
-Replace the whole motherboard.
Eight Beeps: Video card is missing or Bad.
Nine Beeps : Damaged ROM BIOS.
-BIOS chip has to be replaced if it persists.
Ten Beeps: CMOS shutdown.
-Replace CMOS memory and associated chips.
Eleven Beeps: Cache memory test has failed.
-To enable cache memory try CTRL+ALT+SHIFT++.
One long Beep and Three short Beeps: Memory failure
One long Beep and Eight short Beeps: Video card failure.
-Try to install video card in another slot.
No Beeps: Check Power supply
-Check mother board connections
-Remove all cards except video card and check for system power up
-Insert all cards one at a time and check their operation.
-If system hangs on the installation of a particular card, then it is the cause for the problem and replace it with another of that type and check
http://www.gamespot.com/pages/unions/forums/show_msgs.php?topic_id=26466227&union_id=11510
It was the one beep. I removed my ram, blew the dust off, compiled my pc back together and now it works like a charm!!! Thanks!