*Rant* My Comp Died :(

HiTek21

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Today is a bad day indeed... I was getting ready for work I sat down at my comp to respond to an IM and my comp resets itself... After it starts rebooting and running scandisk it froze in the middle of the scandisk, I waited 10 minutes and didn't respond so i did a hard reboot and after that It will not reboot. It just sits there with a blank screen making beeping noises... I cannot access my bios or anything. I think my mobo died or something. I'm working on my ancient laptop and its horrible, so slow :( I miss the Xp Power!!!
 

AdamK47

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If it was the CPU then I doubt he would be getting any beeping. I know, I've killed an Athlon before. No CPU means no processing of the beeping noises.

What are the lengths and intervals of the beeping? I think steady lengthy beeping means bad or no memory. Three short beeps could mean bad or no video.
 

bmacd

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my box recently wouldn't power up after i bumped a hard drive with my case open. I unplugged the power supply from my box, with no luck. Then i unplugged the memory, popped it back in, rebooted, and it was back to normal.

-=bmacd=-
 

HiTek21

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Well I just found out what died on my computer, it wasn't the mobo it was the Memory.. Temporarily using some old kingston value ram I had stashed away in the closet until I can get another stick of crucial ram to replace my old one that died on me..
 

Ornery

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Good call bmacd, I was going to make the same suggestion. Try different slots and reseating your better sticks, they may be good.
 

simms

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Originally posted by: HiTek21
Well I just found out what died on my computer, it wasn't the mobo it was the Memory.. Temporarily using some old kingston value ram I had stashed away in the closet until I can get another stick of crucial ram to replace my old one that died on me..

Aw. Now you won't be able to upgrade. :(