Motherboard one long beep

[stuckinasquare3]

I can't figure out what it is...I added a couple of hard drives to my machine. Made sure they were recognized. Turned it off, now when I turn it back on it doesn't boot but the motherboard just has one long beep that stays on until I shut it off. I've heard that one beep means something is loose? My HD's aren't loose. Help! It's a loud high pitched continuous tone.

 

[stuckinasquare3]

Well that was scary. I still don't know what caused the problem but all of a sudden it is works. I wonder if there was a temporary short somewhere? Or maybe something was loose and I just happened to tighten it? Seems to be ok now so I'm not going to mess with it anymore

 

[denis280]

Well if it happens again.I would look around for loose wires.make sure there is no dust inside the plugs.and be careful for statique.

 

[Venom20]

Your motherboard manual should tell you what each beeping sequence is. You should still look up the sequence to give you an idea of what the problem may have been.

 

[pete1229]

How many times did the event occur, and did you reset the cmos after installing the additional hard drives? That may have been all it needed.