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PC not turning on. Help!

  • 07-12-2009 9:45pm
    #1
    daca88
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 144 ✭✭


    The last few days when i have gone to turn on my PC all it does is make a beeping sound every 5 seconds or so and the it sounds like the disk drive is spinning....but does nothing more or maybe its the fan i'm not sure.
    Nothing comes up on screen, i don't get the option to start in safe mode
    It's a Compaq too by the way

    anybody have any ideas whats wrong with it? or any way to fix it?

    all my college stuff is stored on it and my music collection which ironically enough i was just about to transfer to an external source:(


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  • #2
    Duggy747
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,295 ✭✭✭✭Duggy747


    Hmm, could be a no. of things.

    Open her up and try taking out / swap the RAM sticks around. Or try only 1 RAM stick (assuming you have 2).

    Try taking out and putting back in your Graphics Card.

    See how you go from there.


  • #3
    daca88
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 144 ✭✭daca88


    Duggy747 wrote: »
    Hmm, could be a no. of things.

    Open her up and try taking out / swap the RAM sticks around. Or try only 1 RAM stick (assuming you have 2).

    Try taking out and putting back in your Graphics Card.

    See how you go from there.

    i'll try that in the morning
    Thanks


  • #4
    fckgoogle_askme
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4 ✭fckgoogle_askme


    sounds like it is graphics card, and considering it compaq qhich is hp, its more than likely the graphics card. Generally the hard drive fan wouldnt run if memory was un seated.


  • #5
    BrokenArrows
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,501 ✭✭✭BrokenArrows


    daca88 wrote: »
    The last few days when i have gone to turn on my PC all it does is make a beeping sound every 5 seconds or so and the it sounds like the disk drive is spinning....but does nothing more or maybe its the fan i'm not sure.
    Nothing comes up on screen, i don't get the option to start in safe mode
    It's a Compaq too by the way

    anybody have any ideas whats wrong with it? or any way to fix it?

    all my college stuff is stored on it and my music collection which ironically enough i was just about to transfer to an external source:(

    whats the exact sequence of beeps.
    Does it beep once, pause for 5 seconds, beep, pause for 5 seconds. over and over again??


  • #6
    daca88
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 144 ✭✭daca88


    BrokenArrows wrote: »
    whats the exact sequence of beeps.
    Does it beep once, pause for 5 seconds, beep, pause for 5 seconds. over and over again??

    ya...over and over. it never stops beeping


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  • #7
    Bob Z
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,587 ✭✭✭Bob Z


    My computer hAdthe same problem until I got the graphics card replaced. But now it's happening again. Could it be the graphics card again?


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