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Does anyone know anything about BIOS beep codes? Someone gave me a
computer and it doesn't do anything but beep so many times. That sounds to me like a BIOS problem. Would that be easy to fix? |
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Bill Cunningham wrote:
Does anyone know anything about BIOS beep codes? Someone gave me a computer and it doesn't do anything but beep so many times. That sounds to me like a BIOS problem. Would that be easy to fix? https://www.computerhope.com/beep.htm |
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Bill Cunningham wrote:
Does anyone know anything about BIOS beep codes? Someone gave me a computer and it doesn't do anything but beep so many times. That sounds to me like a BIOS problem. Would that be easy to fix? Beep codes mean a hardware problem is present. It could mean some necessary hardware is unplugged. And in any case, before you turn on a stranger PC you've never seen before, you visually inspect inside for trouble first. Are the DIMMs actually plugged in ? Are the add-in cards still secure ? That's why some VGA cards have heel-guards, to secure them in place. But a sound card could come loose. Beep codes are right-middle on this page. http://www.bioscentral.com/ ******* Everything in life is "easy" to fix, for some value of "easy". For example, if the Northbridge was bad, and you need a hot air unsoldering machine, to solder on a new 1600 ball BGA, I have a company in town here who will do the work for $1000 (more than the price of the PC). A company in Taiwan will do it for $25 or so. Plus the cost of the $25 chip to replace it, total price around $50. With those prices, you could easily find a used motherboard for less than $50 on Ebay, and fix it with no messing around at all. Seeing as you can get Joy Systems refurbished off-lease computers for $150 or so (Staples sells then, online), there's a limit to how much "repairing" makes sense. And this is why you find perfectly good machines on the side of the road in some neighborhoods. Nobody can be bothered to pack them up and Ebay them for not a lot of dollars. If the average Ebay prices aren't that high, the used market can be pretty dead. A Joy Systems box now will come with Windows 10 on it, because that's all they're "legally" allowed to ship. But since the machines are Core2 Duo with Q45 chips, they're candidates for WinXP installation if you have a disc. To run really well, Windows 10 could use a quad core computer, and an SSD rather than a rotating hard drive. Whereas a WinXP setup works quite well on a Core2 Duo, using rotating hard drives. Paul |
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"Paul" wrote in message news Everything in life is "easy" to fix, for some value of "easy". For example, if the Northbridge was bad, and you need a hot air unsoldering machine, to solder on a new 1600 ball BGA, I have a company in town here who will do the work for $1000 (more than the price of the PC). A company in Taiwan will do it for $25 or so. Plus the cost of the $25 chip to replace it, total price around $50. With those prices, you could easily find a used motherboard for less than $50 on Ebay, and fix it with no messing around at all. Seeing as you can get Joy Systems refurbished off-lease computers for $150 or so (Staples sells then, online), there's a limit to how much "repairing" makes sense. And this is why you find perfectly good machines on the side of the road in some neighborhoods. Nobody can be bothered to pack them up and Ebay them for not a lot of dollars. If the average Ebay prices aren't that high, the used market can be pretty dead. A Joy Systems box now will come with Windows 10 on it, because that's all they're "legally" allowed to ship. But since the machines are Core2 Duo with Q45 chips, they're candidates for WinXP installation if you have a disc. To run really well, Windows 10 could use a quad core computer, and an SSD rather than a rotating hard drive. Whereas a WinXP setup works quite well on a Core2 Duo, using rotating hard drives. Thanks Paul. This board has no SSD, that's for sure. I will have to get it out again and look. I plugged it to the monitor and there's no video. Just a flashing light and beeps. My mobo believe it or not has an ISA and two white PCI bridges. Not AGP or PCIx or PCIe. But I will look for a mobo number too. Bill |
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Bill Cunningham wrote:
Does anyone know anything about BIOS beep codes? Someone gave me a computer and it doesn't do anything but beep so many times. That sounds to me like a BIOS problem. Would that be easy to fix? Or memory problem. Or CPU problem. Or video card problem (video BIOS loads before system BIOS). Or a plethora of causes. Did you even try searching online for beep codes? Many are the same even from different BIOS vendors. http://lmgtfy.com/?q=beep+code If it is an old computer (or you don't know how old it is), the CMOS battery may be too weak or dead. The copy of BIOS values stored in the CMOS table could be corrupt or invalid. Replace the CMOS coin cell battery (might be CR-2032 but you'll have to look). After replacing the battery, reset the BIOS (usually a jumper on the mobo). |
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