It doesnt come on as such, it just beeps ('beeeeep, beeeeep, beeeeep') and the light above the power button flashes orange - nothing works. Is it basically f****d?
2006-10-03 19:52:58 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
This isn't your hard drive. This is your actual computer. The hard drive is just one small component to it.
When you power up your computer, it will run what is called a Power On Self Test (POST), which checks all it's hardware, and if it finds a probelm, it will report it to you.
It will check the graphics card and the RAM first, and if there is a problem, it will beep at you. The graphics card is needed to actually display anything, so if there is a problem, it will beep at you because it can't tell you any other way. It'll then check the RAM and it'll beep at you again if there's a problem, because there isn't enough RAM to store anything on, so it can't print anything on the screen.
Open up your computer and check these. If it still happens, I think it's best to look into a new graphics card. The best way to go about this, would be to check this is DEFINATELY the problem. You can get a really cheap graphics card that'll just display things, nothing special, for about £2-£8. If it works, then you need to replace the one you had. If you do it within a few days, you could even get a refund on the cheap one you had and put that towards a new one.
If it isn't the problem, try replacing your RAM.
2006-10-03 20:21:12 · answer #1 · answered by Mike 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i assume that since ur hard drive is not starting up, ur PC wont start too. also i guess, the beeps r coming from the PC speaker not from the hard drive. usually due to monitor failure, the PC is not able to give indications of what is failing, so it beeps (depending on the problem type) and this beeping has a specific meaning. open up the cabinet and tighten up the connections.
2006-10-03 20:03:14 · answer #2 · answered by ksrikant 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
haha i got the exact smae problem like 2 weeks ago.. i treid everythin from unscrewing hte laptop and banging the harddrive so it works to just praying that it works.. haha none of that seemed to help until i took it to the computer repair shop and i described how my hard drive beeped three times but nothing happened and he said that it had crashed because of bad sectors... which was true and i replaced my 40 gb harddrive (4800 rpm) with a new toshiba 80 gb one (5400 rpm) for less than a 100 dollars... i recommend u doing the same!
2006-10-03 20:02:01 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Computers have beep codes that tell you what is wrong with them. You have to find out what the beeps mean in order to know if the problem can be fixed easily or if something needs to be replaced.
Try these websites:
http://www.computerhope.com/beep.htm
http://reviews.ebay.com/Meaning-of-the-BEEP-Sounds-in-PC_W0QQugidZ10000000000741237
2006-10-03 20:04:22 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Blue demonstrate screen Of death. i'm getting it each and every time i turn my computer off, even with the indisputable fact that it nevertheless runs ok even as that's on. apparently they're regularly truly looked after through technicians even with the indisputable fact that that's type of expensive so once you're computer's previous that's probs worth getting a sparkling one. till you want it plenty, then it could be fastened.
2016-12-04 04:56:41 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
check out ur that all cards are properly placed in ur computer then eject ram from slot and put it agin after that if same beep comes replace ur HDD its crashed
2006-10-03 20:07:34 · answer #6 · answered by paradise 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i got the same problem too..when it started to beeps i turn off my pc then readjust my RAM then it will be okay.but it will happen again LOL
2006-10-03 20:24:46 · answer #7 · answered by afiq_04 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
he buddy .your ram must be lose .why don't u open your cabinet and fix the ram.or else u must have done something in u's bios.
then also open the cabinet pull the bios cord and fix it again.else call computer vendor.
2006-10-03 20:13:19 · answer #8 · answered by rajesh s 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if you can remove everything to another drive**.. format it and remove/re-install the drivers.. also system restore may help...
** if you cant use another drive, move all your important documents to cdr/cdrw.... you should always 'back-up' everything in-case this happens....
try just removing and replacing the drivers..
(rightclick 'safetly remove hardware' in toolbar) g/luck
2006-10-03 20:08:46 · answer #9 · answered by paulrb8 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋