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I am trying to help my daughter fix her computer. It will boot up, but
there will be one long high pitched beep then two short ones, a few seconds later there will be 2 low pitched beeps. There is nothing on monitor. Could it just be the video card? Thanks Kathy |
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One long 2 short usually means a video error
You need to check your connection cables first.Then if they are fine you need to shut the system down and open the case to make sure the Video card is properly seated in its slot. peter "Kathy" wrote in message news:88_Fd.80225$6l.35383@pd7tw2no... I am trying to help my daughter fix her computer. It will boot up, but there will be one long high pitched beep then two short ones, a few seconds later there will be 2 low pitched beeps. There is nothing on monitor. Could it just be the video card? Thanks Kathy |
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peter wrote: One long 2 short usually means a video error You need to check your connection cables first.Then if they are fine you need to shut the system down and open the case to make sure the Video card is properly seated in its slot. peter "Kathy" wrote in message news:88_Fd.80225$6l.35383@pd7tw2no... I am trying to help my daughter fix her computer. It will boot up, but there will be one long high pitched beep then two short ones, a few seconds later there will be 2 low pitched beeps. There is nothing on monitor. Could it just be the video card? Thanks Kathy I have done all that. I found out it is not the video card, it works in another computer. Any ideas? Kathy |
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here is website that has beep codes for the various BIOS available.You can look
up your BIOS maker and then interpret the beep codes. http://www.pcguide.com/ts/x/sys/beep/ peter "Kathy" wrote in message news:W8%Fd.81094$6l.63783@pd7tw2no... peter wrote: One long 2 short usually means a video error You need to check your connection cables first.Then if they are fine you need to shut the system down and open the case to make sure the Video card is properly seated in its slot. peter "Kathy" wrote in message news:88_Fd.80225$6l.35383@pd7tw2no... I am trying to help my daughter fix her computer. It will boot up, but there will be one long high pitched beep then two short ones, a few seconds later there will be 2 low pitched beeps. There is nothing on monitor. Could it just be the video card? Thanks Kathy I have done all that. I found out it is not the video card, it works in another computer. Any ideas? Kathy |
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"Kathy" wrote in message news:88_Fd.80225$6l.35383@pd7tw2no... I am trying to help my daughter fix her computer. It will boot up, but there will be one long high pitched beep then two short ones, a few seconds later there will be 2 low pitched beeps. There is nothing on monitor. Could it just be the video card? Thanks Kathy Those beeps are known a beep codes and they're telling you something. Unfortunately, there's no standardization (although there are some codes that tend to be the same). Your best bet is to visit the motherboard manufacturer's web site and see what those two particular codes mean. |
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peter wrote:
here is website that has beep codes for the various BIOS available.You can look up your BIOS maker and then interpret the beep codes. http://www.pcguide.com/ts/x/sys/beep/ peter "Kathy" wrote in message news:W8%Fd.81094$6l.63783@pd7tw2no... peter wrote: One long 2 short usually means a video error You need to check your connection cables first.Then if they are fine you need to shut the system down and open the case to make sure the Video card is properly seated in its slot. peter "Kathy" wrote in message news:88_Fd.80225$6l.35383@pd7tw2no... I am trying to help my daughter fix her computer. It will boot up, but there will be one long high pitched beep then two short ones, a few seconds later there will be 2 low pitched beeps. There is nothing on monitor. Could it just be the video card? Thanks Kathy I have done all that. I found out it is not the video card, it works in another computer. Any ideas? Kathy OK, it is supposed to be the video card. When I put the video card in another computer there were no problems. I tried disconnecting everything and it would boot and I had a screen on monitor that said there were no drives attached. As soon as I connect any cable to the hard drive, cd or floppy it beeps. Same thing with the power connections. Kathy |
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