Recently I had several older computers, so I decided to take them apart and combine all the hard-drives, the best of the cd-rom drives and floppy drives into the one with the best processor (note: before I did this the computer worked just fine). I got everything together how I thought it should be (I've read some tutorials about building computers) and started it up. It made a series of short beeps a couple of random beeps and then the series of beeps again (these were beeps coming from the computer, not speakers). I got no display on the monitor and nothing else but the computer stayed on. I realised that I had not installed any drivers for the cd-rom and floppy drives and had not set the second hard drive to slave. I took it apart and put it back the way it was, turned it on and I got the same beeps. I would really like to get it running again and I don't have the money to take it in to be looked at. Any suggestions would be awesome.
2006-11-22 15:56:04 · 7 answers · asked by Phoenix 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
The computer is a Nobilis (no product or serial number) and the parts are from a HP Vectra and a HP Pavillion.
2006-11-22 15:57:33 · update #1
I did not remove the RAM, I kept the motherboard and the power supply all together.
2006-11-22 16:06:47 · update #2
well to start off with the hp computers store some of the bios on the hard drive make sure you use the original hard drive as boot drive you might have to install one hard drive shut down install another hard drive and restart to auto detect. You will have to use the master or slave jumper on both hard drives to get the hard drives to detect.
2006-11-22 16:20:52 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
make sure the ram and video card are properly seated. The amount of beeps are directly related to the problem. Count the beeps and then google that number for an answer. Most likely it's the memory or video card.
2006-11-23 00:08:09 · answer #2 · answered by freetronics 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When the speaker in the computer beeps, it is a system error. recheck the HDD connectors the jumpers (if any)and the memory the board is actually sending a code to the fault. find the make of board or the manual and then research the code....
2006-11-23 00:06:41 · answer #3 · answered by Uncle Red 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that should be no problem i did the same exact thing for my computer and it works fine you might want to check and see if your using the right ram and there in the socket right you shouldnt need drivers for the cdrom or floppy drive but the harddrives is anotherthing makesure all of you wires are snugg
2006-11-23 00:01:53 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can give you a link that deals with hard drive problems.
Some RAM/ hard drive problems can be easily fixed yourself by using easily available tools. I found the info at http://fixit.in useful
2006-11-23 19:59:06 · answer #5 · answered by BU1 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try re-seating and switching the RAM sticks in the DIMM slots.
2006-11-23 01:57:31 · answer #6 · answered by mittalman53 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you sure you have put it back the way it was ???
Check again... press the RAM jacks to ensure they are properly fixed.... check the slots and HDD ports...
2006-11-23 00:02:32 · answer #7 · answered by Ronney 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋