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Micron PC, win 98se, 256mb memory, Asus Mother board.
Had not used this pc in a while. had fallen over on its side a couple times, while moving.
Turn on and it keeps beeping, long beeps.
Removed all cards, removed memory and still long beeps.
Removed battery for five minuites and still long beeps.
Any further ideas to solve this? thanks, Joe
If it is one continuous beep then it could either be the PSU, or Motherboard, was anything physically damaged when the system fell over? Or are there multiple beeps?
Liam
If it is multiple long beeps, then more than likely it is a memory problem. Unplug the machine and check the memory sticks to make sure they ae still seated. If they are, and you continue to get the long beeps, then you may have a bad chip on the stick.
I can't wait until they come out with a motherboard whose BIOS actually says what's wrong with it....I want mine to have the voice of Darth Vader or HAL... :D
If Asus makes Award BIOS possibly this site can help diagnose the beeps
http://www.bioscentral.com/beepcodes/awardbeep.htm
Or possibly this very simplified reference
http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=1223
Well, throw me in the briar patch for my ignorance, but they actually did come out with a speaking motherboard, the MSI K7T Pro 2-A. Will tell you what's the problem in English or Chinese. Evidently it hasn't caught on with other manufacturers. Would be nice if they could somehow route the warnings through the desktop speakers instead of the PC/mobo speaker, but that would be problematic for obvious reasons.
Did you resolve the problem, toejoe42?
thanks, slapped a new memory stick into the old machine and it does not beep any more. solved the problem. thanks everyone.
Glad it's resolved, thanks for posting back.:)
Liam
I doubt the mem stick was bad from just falling over. Wasn't seated snugly enough. Sometimes I use a hammer to snug them down. Probably taking the stick(s) out and throw them against the wall and then using the hammer to snug back in would have relieved your prob. It's hard to kill a mem stick. :cool:
I've seen sales people in computer , when asking about a certain mem stick, just take the stick out of the electrostatic bag and rub it all over and hand it to you. These folks may not have heard of ESD probs. Oh, well. What are you gonna do? :rolleyes: