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Hi, Need someones help. This is for my parent's PC, it will not start up, and all it does it make noises. The monitor doesn't even get a signal. The pattern for the noises goes like this:

L (long) about 4 second long beep
M (medium) about 2 second long beep
S (small) less than a second beep

MML MML MML MML MML SS SSSSSS

Hope you can understand that, I have no idea what i can do. Also to add, im gonna be blunt, my dad HAS been going on explicit websites, and hes a complete noob to surfing the net so I wont be suprised if it is a virus.

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Also, the PC is an HP Media Center m8000, with vista home

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You'll need to check the manual for the motherboard to understand what those beeps mean. Each is different.

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If the first two beeps are short then the problem is usually related to the memory on the majority of motherboards.
Check the RAM is seated correctly or replace RAM module/s if necessary.
If this works then you should run a virus check as a matter of course.

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