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Double beep

Discussion in 'Legacy Windows' started by avt007, 2004/10/19.

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  1. 2004/10/19
    avt007

    avt007 Inactive Thread Starter

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    Good day, folks! I sat down to my computer, which should have been sleeping (windows 98, Emachines Etower400i) and it only had a blinking cursor on a black screen, accompanied by a double beep every 10 seconds or so. Same result on boot, except not a peep from the hard drive-no grinding at all, only the light on and then off, and a double beep. What is the significance of this beep? Is my hard drive dying? Thanks for the help.......
     
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    Beeps

    I am fog when it comes to this stuff, but I read somewhere the beebs mean different things, like bad ram, etc. Some many beeps per, means something, and I imagine you can find that out easily enough.

    I had put a new power supply in my machine and then started getting a beep only when I powered up. Friend said the beep meant bad memory and replaced it. Voila, life is good.
     
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    broni Moderator Malware Analyst

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    Not a good idea with Win 98, to start with....
    It depends on your BIOS...
    Two beeps would indicate AMI BIOS:
    Your computer has memory problems. First check video. If video is working, you'll see an error message. If not, you have a parity error in your first 64K of memory. First check your SIMM's. Reseat them and reboot. If this doesn't do it, the memory chips may be bad. You can try switching the first and second banks memory chips. First banks are the memory banks that your CPU finds its first 64K of base memory in. You'll need to consult your manual to see which bank is first. If all your memory tests good, you probably need to buy another motherboard.
     
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