Re: [TCLUG:4786] Hardware Problem

["Marty" <marty@asgard.aus.tm>]

I'd go even one further - most systems also beep if you remove all the RAM
(only 3 beeps?). I've had hardware that still didn;t respond or beep after
all the cards were removed, but no memory usually upsets them. I guess BIOS
checks the RAM before the cards? Check your pc speaker is still connected if
no memory doesn;t produce beeps...

If your not getting any beeps after removing all cards & RAM you're probably
in new motherboard territory ;(

Good luck!

>> something and so the motherbaord won't boot. Take out all the cards
except
>> for display and see if you can get to the bios. If so, keep adding cards
>> until they all back or you know which card is causing the problem.
>
>It might even be a good idea to take out _all_ of the cards (including
>video), and see if the system responds to that (most systems will beep 8
>times through the PC speaker if a video card can't be found..)
>
>I imagine it's also possible that the memory has become defunct, so if
>you have any extra laying around, you may want to try swapping that
>around..
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