alright i turned on my computer the other day and it made 1 long beep and 3 short ones and the moniter would not come on the card itself worked for about 1 year i need to know how to fix it or if i need a new one.
2007-08-13 06:51:32 · 7 answers · asked by gex 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Add-ons
Those beeps are telling you it's a graphics card problem.
Unplug PC, open the case, remove VGA connector then pull out the graphics card. Inspect for bloated capacitors, burn marks on the pins, burnt smell and if fan blades still rotate. If everything checks out OK, clean the pins by rubbing with the eraser tip of a pencil. Re-install card. If still it does not work, test it in another PC before you condemn it to the thrash bin. If the card works in another PC, something is wrong with your graphics expansion port.
2007-08-16 01:06:04 · answer #1 · answered by Karz 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The motherboard company would tell you what the beeps mean. Try to reinstall the graphics card into the computer, if that does not work then try to borrow a friends. Just to make sure it is the graphics card and not just the slot on the motherboard.
2007-08-13 07:00:25 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try opening the computer and making sure the graphics card (or anything else for that matter) is completly pushed into the motherboard. Sometimes they can come a little loose.
2007-08-13 06:55:31 · answer #3 · answered by Pawn 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the photos you spot on your visual reveal unit are made out of tiny dots reported as pixels. At maximum common decision settings, a reveal reflects over a million pixels, and the laptop has to choose what to do with each physique with a view to create a picture. to do this, it desires a translator -- something to take binary documents from the CPU and swap it right into a photo you will discover. till a working laptop or laptop has pictures means equipped into the motherboard, that translation happens on the pictures card.
2016-12-11 18:46:20 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One long beep and three short ones usually means the video card has failed and needs to be replaced.
2007-08-13 06:57:53 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Testing:
Remove the Grafix Card and Turn your PC again.. and see if the same Error Code is signalled.
Then determine if you should go to ebay :).
2007-08-13 06:59:31 · answer #6 · answered by Sagun 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
try removing your graphics card and using the integrated graphics, and see if your computer boots up ok, if not, then its not your card, it could be anything from hard drive failure, cpu, ram, power supply.
2007-08-13 06:58:11 · answer #7 · answered by Nirkon 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋