(Google is your friend)

I found that the AMI Bios will generate a beep-code of 1 long and 3
short when there is a memory problem.  Try reseating the memory
chips, or replacing them for new ones.  The store should be able to
do this for you very easily.

On further looking at the Google results, another site points to the
possibility that the video card is faulty.  That may be another
direction to look in.

Also, please be aware that just turning off your computer while there
are "power problems" (surges, fluctuations etc) doesn't really
protect you.  The machine is still physically connected to the power
source and is, in fact, still drawing power from that source.  Your
solution of a UPS will solve that problem though.

Tony Mayer



>Hi All,
>
>My PC is fairly new (Jan), built by a local company so I don't have any
>info on all hardware inside the case (I know, I need to download
>Belarc).  My problem has occurred 3 times now and started about 2 months
>ago.  I only have my computer on during the weekends and one weekend, it
>was threatening to storm so I shut the computer down.  The next morning
>it wouldn't boot.  I would hear one long beep followed by 3 short ones
>and no video, monitor remains black.  I took it to the company that
>built it and they said I had a power issue but I got the computer shut
>off before the storm and the house lights never flickered and it was
>also on a power surge protector.  They had to reflash the BIOS to fix
>it.  The PC worked for awhile but one Sat. morning, same thing and the
>PC had been off all week.  They reflashed the BIOS again.  I now have it
>on a brand new 500 VA battery backup/surge protector and it did it
>again.  This time I had uninstalled a program thru add/remove and I
>needed to reboot the system for uninstallation to finish.  The PC
>wouldn't boot again, no video and one long beep, followed by 3 short
>ones.  The PC is now back at the shop.
>
>Anybody got any ideas?  This has the local company baffled.
>
>TIA
>
>Cindy Sanderson

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