Sometimes my computer will not start-- it makes a beeping noise four times at which point it takes a 2.5 second pause and then starts the routine again. It's been plaguing me for about a month or so. Also, sometimes it crashes with random jumbles of pixels in rectangles on the screen, then freezes. Is there any solution to this?
Zirotecha 0 Newbie Poster
rch1231 169 Posting Shark
Hello,
The beep codes are different based on your BIOS version. Here is a site that lists almost all versions.
http://www.pchell.com/hardware/beepcodes.shtml
finito 46 Nearly a Posting Virtuoso
From your description I would blame the VGA.
sparkax 3 Posting Whiz in Training
Award Bios -
4 beeps (1- long,3-short) usually indicates Video Card Error
Zirotecha 0 Newbie Poster
The beeps are one second long. The pattern is BEEP -- BEEP - BEEP - BEEP --- BEEP - BEEP and stops. Dwo dashes indicate 1 second, one indicates half, and 3 indicate 1.5-2
finito 46 Nearly a Posting Virtuoso
Strip your system, leave only the Processor and Heatsink. with powersupply.
No Ram, No Usb pheriperals, no PCI, no VGA, No nothing.
What do you get?
you want to hear one single beep.
edgaaa 0 Light Poster
Yeap, from your expaination, there has to be some problems with VGA..
finito 46 Nearly a Posting Virtuoso
you want to hear one single beep.
Correction you want to hear a couple of beeps in a consecutive manner.
4 or 5 evenly spaced beeps.
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