Is there a hardware disgnosis tool?

Question

My computer turns off and won't reboot correctly unless I wait 10 minutes. I know it's not a software issue because I get a message from windows saying it's a harware failure. My motherboar, ram and processor are less than 6 months old. If I try to reboot immediately, it won't. It just beeps and nothing comes up on the screen. Spyware/virus/registry scans done - nothing found.

Answer 1

i had the same problem with my computer, it wont actually boot at all, i went back to the store several times to change parts but i still get the same problem, so i looked it up on a computer magazine i discovered that you can only know which hardware is not functioning right through the beeps. try this:

For AMI BIOS
1 short [beep] - DRAM flash error
2 short [beep] - DRAM ECC check error
3 short [beep] - 64k DRAM detect fail
4 short [beep] - System time error
5 short [beep] - CPU error
6 short [beep] - Gate A20 address error
8 short [beep] - Display card memory error
9short [beep] - ROM error
10 short [beep] - CMOS read/write failure
11short [beep] - Cache error

For AWARD BIOS
1 short [beep] - System Boot normal
2 short [beep] - CMOS setting error
1 long - 1 short [beep] - DRAM or Motherboard error
1 long - 2 short [beep] - Display card or connection error
1 long - 3 short [beep] - keyboard error
1 long - 9 short [beep] = Bios ROM error
Continous Beep - Display card not properly installed
Short Continous Beeps - PSU malfunction

*use this info in anyway you can, im not sure it's a 100% accurate for old computers but it worked with mine.

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AMD Athlon64 3800
Asrock 939Dual-VSTA
2Gb Ram | 256 GeCube X1800XL
2x 250GB SATA Drive

Answer 2

Go to this microsoft site, read what it says, then click the link for the diagnostic tools. There you can download the software to test your computer. Its a free download.

I used it once and it told me my hardware problems. I found it very usefull.

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=185956

Answer 3

What you have described sounds like over heating. Did you build this yourself ? If not have the person that built it look at it as there is a flaw in the build.