Conan The Politician Posted July 14, 2007 Share Posted July 14, 2007 I'm posting this message from a Mac instead of my pc due to the nature of the problem. A few days ago my pc started to sporadically have repetitive beeping fits at start up, and has progressed from a probability to an absolution. I can't get on my computer since all it will do when I power on is repetitively beep and bring up no display or any other indicator of what's wrong. As for how this problem came about, it may have been due to the recent cleaning I've given it with a compressed air can. If anyone else has run into this problem and has had it fixed, please tell me what I should do. The odd thing about this is that I've ordered a new pc right before the problem became permanent. It makes me wonder if my pc is jealous.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Damned Posted July 14, 2007 Share Posted July 14, 2007 You may have accidentally dislodged a cable or something when you were cleaning it out. If it was loose enough that a blast from a can of air was all it took, though, then it should have popped up earlier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sadorf Posted July 14, 2007 Share Posted July 14, 2007 ive had that problem when ram has gone bad.....could be the same...try and see Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conan The Politician Posted July 14, 2007 Author Share Posted July 14, 2007 I believe I've found the problem. I managed to get the system to boot up correctly this time, and it gave me a warning message that a boot failure was caused by a change in the chip set settings. I've also remembered that I had an automatic update from windows update earlier this week, and that may be the cause of it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMT Posted July 15, 2007 Share Posted July 15, 2007 Make sure your RAM is seated nice and snug. Also, you might want to power cycle your power supply; turn it completely off and unplug it, then start again. Lastly, based on the chipset settings comment, check if your CMOS battery is good, it's the watch battery on the motherboard. If your clock keeps resetting, that's pretty much guarenteed to be the problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conan The Politician Posted July 15, 2007 Author Share Posted July 15, 2007 Well, I updated my computer manually with anything Windows update provided since yesterday, and I haven't had any problems since. As far as it being a cmos battery problem, those suckers are supposed to last several years, and I've only had this comp for about 2. Then again, anything could happen, I suppose.... hoping that nothing will happen, of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trenthian Posted July 15, 2007 Share Posted July 15, 2007 I tend to let the dust form a protective heat shield around my components. the real root of your problem was that this protective layer of dead skin and dirt was no longer there to prevent your "old man" ram from overheating. Thus your Puter realizing its age and the complexities of the way the world works, decided that it would take a holiday. Your computer isnt broken, its just having a midlife crisis. Moral of the story, DONT FUCK WITH NATURALLY OCCURING PC DUST! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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