Strange Beeping sound

[Itchy-NoX]

So i was seeing what type of ram my computer had, and i took it out, had a look, and replaced it.
I turned it back on and BEEP BEEP noises from everywhere!
I then smelt it and it smelt burning.
Then today I opened it up and had a look, the fans are both working, but it may be getting hot at a central point (I haven't found it yet)
Here's a video of the sound.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=D74PK0q01D4

Can somebody please help, I just bought $250 worth of wireless networking gear and then this happens.

Specs:
40GB HDD
A-open ATX-250 Gt PSU
Geforce 2 Mx turbo (maybe...)
512 SDRAM

[Train]

The ram is not seated properly and /or you bumped the video card and it not fully seated.

[Itchy-NoX]

Shall test and get back to you, thanks for help

[Itchy-NoX]

No it still hasn't fixed the problem
Everything is latched in correctly (Or so it seems) and the same thing still happens.

[SpywareDr]

Suggestion: Start with the basics. Disconnect everything. Then hookup the Power Supply, Motherboard, CPU, RAM, Video Card, Floppy Drive (if available), Keyboard and Monitor. Does it try to boot now?

Note: It doesn't matter if it says it can't find an Operating System. Is it attempting to bootup without the repeated beeping noise?

[liam858]

Ditto on the above, and did you ground yourself before touching the RAM stick? static electricity in your body can damage components instantly, and all you would need to check RAM specs (And everything else in your system) would be a program like Everest Home Edition (In my signature) which is a lot easier than opening up your case.


Liam

[Itchy-NoX]

How would I know if the components have been damaged by Static?
Would they just not work.
The only thing i'm worried about is my harddrive as it has numerous amounts of graphical art work and websites that are in construction for clients. Haven't backed up in about a month

[liam858]

You could slave the hard drive to another system and back up what you want, or if we can get the problem sorted with the beeping then it should be okay to just leave the hard drive as it is.


Do you have 1 x 512mb stick of RAM in the system? or is it 2 x 256mb sticks? if it is the latter then open up the case, and touch a metal part of the case with both hands to ground yourself, and remove one stick, place it on a wooden desk/table, and try to boot, and then switch the sticks, if it is 512mb then the only option would be to replace the stick with an identical SD RAM stick and see if the beeping stops, it would be the most likely solution as you removed the stick and are now getting beep code errors.....unfortunately.


Liam

[SuperSparks]

You can also try gently cleaning the conatcts of the RAM modules with a pencil eraser, you may hava bit of dirt causing a bad contact.