OK, here is a copy of the post I put in the Dell forum before i figured it most likely is the mobo since thats what is giving me the post code beeps. So read the post and tell me what you think. I couldnt find anything in the Abit site, thanks!
OK, I bought a new Dell 2405 back in May and around July I started to have problems with what I am thinking is the USB hub because I would get random freezes or freezes for legit. reasons but when I go to restart I would get a long beeep then a 2 sec pause, then a long beeep, then pause again....this would loop over and over without getting to the post screen at all or until i just got frustrated and shut it off. Now the only way to fix it would be (at first) if I would unplug my usb cable from the monitor to the back of the tower. Then I would restart and it would post fine and then id plug the monitor back in and it worked fine.
Anyway, this would continue for awhile like this, back and forth at random moments almost guaranteed if it ever froze, then one time a month ago, it did it but thsi time I had to restart it several times and unplug and replug it a few times before it finally worked and then it posted, but only to give me a "system 32 kernel file missing or has been corrupted" then I couldnt even log into windows so I ended up having to reformat, and i had to take out the HD and back up. So after a reinstall of XP I hoped that would do it, but after a couple of random system hangs for normal reasons it is doing it again and im afraid its going to lead up to that porblem again... so what I am wondering is could it be something with the usb hub in the monitor? I bought the monitor new in May so what is my warrenty coverage?
OK, I bought a new Dell 2405 back in May and around July I started to have problems with what I am thinking is the USB hub because I would get random freezes or freezes for legit. reasons but when I go to restart I would get a long beeep then a 2 sec pause, then a long beeep, then pause again....this would loop over and over without getting to the post screen at all or until i just got frustrated and shut it off. Now the only way to fix it would be (at first) if I would unplug my usb cable from the monitor to the back of the tower. Then I would restart and it would post fine and then id plug the monitor back in and it worked fine.
Anyway, this would continue for awhile like this, back and forth at random moments almost guaranteed if it ever froze, then one time a month ago, it did it but thsi time I had to restart it several times and unplug and replug it a few times before it finally worked and then it posted, but only to give me a "system 32 kernel file missing or has been corrupted" then I couldnt even log into windows so I ended up having to reformat, and i had to take out the HD and back up. So after a reinstall of XP I hoped that would do it, but after a couple of random system hangs for normal reasons it is doing it again and im afraid its going to lead up to that porblem again... so what I am wondering is could it be something with the usb hub in the monitor? I bought the monitor new in May so what is my warrenty coverage?
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