what do these beeps mean?

KoolAidMan

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I opened my case to try and dust it off a little, all i did was blow on the fans really, and now it wont turn on. It doesnt show anything on the screen at all, and it makes 2 alternating beeps. It is award bios, and it doesnt say anything about this beep code, at least not that i could find. Could blowing on it have done something to my video card or ram somehow? any ideas on what it could be?
 

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Lifer
Apr 23, 2000
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Sounds like a ram problem according to this Award beep guide,

Beep Code Description
1 long, 2 short Indicates a video error has occurred and the BIOS cannot initialize the video screen to display any additional information
Any other beep(s) RAM problem.


Link to Award beep guide.