Bad Beeping

[Kailurisu]

Ok having trouble remembering which exact MB i have in my main comp, it was an asus p4b400 i think or something like that... not sure. ANyways, was playing a game when the comp starting making frantic beeping noises (no discernable pattern at first) but after a couple of seconds it changed to two long beeps like Beeeeep Boooop (IE slightly different sounding) Shortly thereafter the computer stopped working, everytime i power it up, the red light stays on and I get no green light or any video, tried putting in a differenct graphics card (one from this comp) and still nothing.

Any Ideas on whats wrong?

 

[Fern]

Sounds like the two-toned siren (like a European police/ambulence). Often that is the overheating warning.

Find out mobo you got (run Everest Home Edition, used to be caled Aida32), then look up the beep codes and determine what is was trying to tell you.

If it was the overheat warning, you may have to clear the CMOS to get it to boot.

Fern

EDIT: If you get to reboot, check to make sure the CPU's HS fan is turning (or go into BIOS and see if it reports the fan's RPMs)

 

[Kailurisu]

Ok, so if right now im still getting now Video is it possible that maybe the cpu/mb burned out?

 

[Fern]

Originally posted by: Kailurisu
Ok, so if right now im still getting now Video is it possible that maybe the cpu/mb burned out?

Sure, could be. I'd bet on the mobo b4 the CPU. I've never had a cpu go bad on me, just mobo's.

Did you clear the CMOS and still no-go?

 

[Kailurisu]

I havent yet cuz i had to get ready for work and now Im off to work, but ill try when I get home.

 

[Kailurisu]

Just wanted to let any who were interested know that it turned out my case had fried, soem of the wires straight melted..... so.... yeah overheated, but the motherboard cpue were all fine go fig....