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pc tower problem

dolittle · 2010-04-24 11:12:33

hello when i turned on the tower pc the green light came on as usual then a red light beside it its emitting a beeping noise and wont boot up the dvd drives will still open its a hp compaq thanks

24-04-2010 11:12am

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dolittle

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hello
when i turned on the tower pc
the green light came on as usual then a red light beside it
its emitting a beeping noise and wont boot up
the dvd drives will still open
its a hp compaq
thanks

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#2 24-04-2010 12:05pm

ED E

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Turn it on and note the beeps. They're like morse code and can give an idea of the problem incurred.

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#3 24-04-2010 2:21pm

ricman

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Open the case, make sure the memory / dimms ddr ram is not loose, all the way in to the slots .
Make sure the cpu, grahics card power cables to the 2 fans are connected, ,are the 2 fans coming on.

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#4 24-04-2010 5:14pm

dolittle

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ok will give that a go
thanks

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#5 24-04-2010 5:19pm

bonzodog2

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this may help you with the beep codes for compaq

or this for HP

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#6 24-04-2010 10:08pm

dolittle

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thanks for all the help
i opened it up resat the memory and the card feeding the screen
started it up and all worked ok
it may happen again so i will keep all the info i got today
thanks again lads for all the input
appreciate it

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