Look through the pile of manuals you will have got for it, and find out what brand and model the motherboard is.Originally Posted by Rashika
Look through the pile of manuals you will have got for it, and find out what brand and model the motherboard is.Originally Posted by Rashika
If a man is alone in the woods and there isn't a woke Hollywood around to call him racist, is he still white?
prety much the same as everyone else said.
The number of beeps is quite important. also the length of the beeps too
ie 4 short beeps could be say system timer failure
or 3 short and one long could say memory.
pays to have a look around for the manuals if you have em
and yea do watch out for static. you can fry components without even feeling it.
yep I hunted out the bios beeps errors and absolutely nothing for 4 short beeps on any other brands I looked under...lots for any other combination but not 4 short beepsOriginally Posted by MOTOXXX
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4 beeps with an AMI bios = The system clock/timer IC has failed or there is a memory error in the first bank of memory
1 long, 3 short with AMI BIOS = Memory test failure. A fault has been detected in memory above 64KB
Try resetting the cmos - turn off the computer, unplug it from the wall, pull out that little silver battery and leave it for about 10 mins (edit: then don't forget to put it back in )
I'm guessing ram faliure.. happens every now and then and causes a crap load of random problems in totally unrelated hardware untill the ram is replaced.
Try borrowing some ram off a friend and swapping the modules around - eliminate problems.
And with static, the static problem with IC's is very rare in New Zealand due to atmospheric conditions. In Australia/South Africa etc if you even touch a mother board you usually fry it straight away while in NZ, myself and many other people in the computer industry handle components by hand without static straps etc.
Rubbing the ram modules is elevating the risk alot though crashe
What do you wipe the memory sticks with?
hmm...I might be able to manage thisOriginally Posted by tristank
resetting the cmos bit I mean...forget the rubbing bit static not good.
Ta for you help guys!
"Do not meddle in the affairs of Buells, for they are subtle and quick to wheelie!"
--J RR1000 Tolkien
yank tank at Glenorchy 2006 rally
I wouldn't reccomend it at all really.... if you must make sure it is not wool/anything else that can cause static (you know you rub it and put it around your hair and it sticks etc) so test and see if they can generate static first.
The chances are extremely low but heightened when you rub them... thats all.
Blowing on them can get rid of larger particles, but won't get rid of it all.... but dust won't usually cause much of a problem untill you get a large amount, so try blowng the socket where the ram plugs into as well.
Meh! Thats nothing, mine would play a little song, repeat it again, and then beep three times before going dead. Twas a dead power supply.Originally Posted by Rashika
My daughter telling me like it is:"There is an old man in your face daddy!"
memory sticks wipe themselvsOriginally Posted by CaN
once a computer is turned off all the info in the ram is lost.
or do u mean rom?
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