need a little help

Alvy · Jan 12, 2009, 03:15 AM

k maybe i lied i need a lot of help. ive recently decided to upgrade my comp which doesnt mean much cause what i hav is pretty pathetic. anyway. i got my new case today and me not wanting to wait decided to put all my old crap, that i will be replacing at the end of the month with better stuff anyway, in the new case so i took it all out of my old case then put all of it in the new case and i dont know what ive done the only thing i can think ive done is stactically charged somthing. but firstly i cant turn it on by the button at the front. secondly it starts up as soon as it gets power (as soon as i turn on the powerpoint) thirdly wen it starts up everything starts up then it beeps really loudly like three times then it sits there running with nothing happening. as long as i havnt screwed up the harddrive or the dvd drive it isnt a major problem. cause as i said im buying new stuff at the end of the month. this is my first build and im pretty much self taught. i have taken my computer apart many times and put it back together. but im still fairly new to computer building. please help needed

erocker · Jan 12, 2009, 03:22 AM

The beeps are bios beep codes. You need the name and model of your motherboard, find out what bios is on it, then look up the beep codes and definitions.

Namslas90 · Jan 12, 2009, 03:29 AM

Here's a link to the most common BIOS Beep Codes.

http://www.biosman.com/bios_support.html

Alvy · Jan 12, 2009, 03:35 AM

thanx for the help i'll have to remember that site. it turned out that the ram was a little loose thats all once again thanx

Alvy · Jan 12, 2009, 07:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alvy

thanx for the help i'll have to remember that site. it turned out that the ram was a little loose thats all once again thanx

not as good as i had hoped. i turned off my comp and now it wont turn back on. i get no reponse at all wen i press the button. need help again lolz

LittleLizard · Jan 12, 2009, 07:57 AM

maybe the header of the power button is loose, try tightening them

Wozzer · Jan 12, 2009, 08:05 AM

Three beeps is memory, isnt it?

Are you sure you have placed them in until they click...?

Alvy · Jan 12, 2009, 08:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wasley

Three beeps is memory, isnt it?

Are you sure you have placed them in until they click...?

yeh i fixed that prob ur right tho it is the memory. now after i fixed that my computer wont turn on at all. its not all that important im upgradin very soon but it will be a nuisanc

inf3rno · Jan 12, 2009, 09:20 AM

Try swapping the ram chips.

Alvy · Jan 12, 2009, 09:26 AM

nah it didnt help this is going to be annoying it means i wont have a computer to play games on for a fortnight or so unless this fixes it self

TheCrow · Jan 12, 2009, 10:39 AM

Does anything happen at all when you press the power button?

If not i would look towards the button or where the button header plugs into the board.

Alvy · Jan 12, 2009, 09:58 PM

nothing happens wen i press the button. i dont know y but it worked one more time bu i wanted to see if it wuld keep on working and wen i went to turn it bak on it did nothin again. so if it works once every blue moon that means i wuld have it plugged in the right place right? cause im fairly certain everything is plugged in alright.

Alvy · Jan 13, 2009, 12:51 AM

i moved the power 2 pin power thingy onto another and my computer is working thank god. so that should be that thank all of u for the help

TheCrow · Jan 13, 2009, 07:07 AM

Good to hear mate.

Jan 12, 2009, 03:15 AM	#1
Alvy Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: well drive to the nearest hole look over the edge get shoved down and u will have only just started Posts: 27 (0.02/day) Thanks: 3 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post System Specs	need a little help k maybe i lied i need a lot of help. ive recently decided to upgrade my comp which doesnt mean much cause what i hav is pretty pathetic. anyway. i got my new case today and me not wanting to wait decided to put all my old crap, that i will be replacing at the end of the month with better stuff anyway, in the new case so i took it all out of my old case then put all of it in the new case and i dont know what ive done the only thing i can think ive done is stactically charged somthing. but firstly i cant turn it on by the button at the front. secondly it starts up as soon as it gets power (as soon as i turn on the powerpoint) thirdly wen it starts up everything starts up then it beeps really loudly like three times then it sits there running with nothing happening. as long as i havnt screwed up the harddrive or the dvd drive it isnt a major problem. cause as i said im buying new stuff at the end of the month. this is my first build and im pretty much self taught. i have taken my computer apart many times and put it back together. but im still fairly new to computer building. please help needed

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Jan 12, 2009, 03:29 AM	#3
Namslas90 Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Earth Posts: 3,908 (1.57/day) Thanks: 107 Thanked 577 Times in 533 Posts System Specs	Here's a link to the most common BIOS Beep Codes. http://www.biosman.com/bios_support.html __________________

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Jan 12, 2009, 03:22 AM	#2
erocker Senior Moderator Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Milwaukee, WI. Posts: 32,284 (12.78/day) Thanks: 2,816 Thanked 12,451 Times in 7,917 Posts System Specs	The beeps are bios beep codes. You need the name and model of your motherboard, find out what bios is on it, then look up the beep codes and definitions.

Jan 12, 2009, 03:35 AM	#4
Alvy Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: well drive to the nearest hole look over the edge get shoved down and u will have only just started Posts: 27 (0.02/day) Thanks: 3 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post System Specs	thanx thanx for the help i'll have to remember that site. it turned out that the ram was a little loose thats all once again thanx

Jan 12, 2009, 07:57 AM	#6
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Jan 12, 2009, 08:05 AM	#7
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Jan 12, 2009, 09:20 AM	#9
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Jan 12, 2009, 09:26 AM	#10
Alvy Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: well drive to the nearest hole look over the edge get shoved down and u will have only just started Posts: 27 (0.02/day) Thanks: 3 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post System Specs	bugger nah it didnt help this is going to be annoying it means i wont have a computer to play games on for a fortnight or so unless this fixes it self

Jan 12, 2009, 10:39 AM	#11
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Jan 12, 2009, 09:58 PM	#12
Alvy Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: well drive to the nearest hole look over the edge get shoved down and u will have only just started Posts: 27 (0.02/day) Thanks: 3 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post System Specs	not a thing nothing happens wen i press the button. i dont know y but it worked one more time bu i wanted to see if it wuld keep on working and wen i went to turn it bak on it did nothin again. so if it works once every blue moon that means i wuld have it plugged in the right place right? cause im fairly certain everything is plugged in alright. __________________ I WAS HERE.... or was i there cant remember but it seems now my blood spattered body is now over there didnt see that guy coming

Jan 13, 2009, 12:51 AM	#13
Alvy Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: well drive to the nearest hole look over the edge get shoved down and u will have only just started Posts: 27 (0.02/day) Thanks: 3 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post System Specs	done and dusted hopefully i moved the power 2 pin power thingy onto another and my computer is working thank god. so that should be that thank all of u for the help __________________ I WAS HERE.... or was i there cant remember but it seems now my blood spattered body is now over there didnt see that guy coming

Jan 13, 2009, 07:07 AM	#14
TheCrow Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Lincoln, UK Posts: 331 (0.14/day) Thanks: 8 Thanked 56 Times in 43 Posts System Specs	Good to hear mate. __________________

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