Hi, just a couple of suggestions which may or may not work.
First, I would check the settings in the Bios, to make sure they haven't
been altered. (Seems logical if the computer hasn't been opened by the kid)
Failing that, I would open it up, and try removing every device, including
ram, and go from there.
If it starts up ok with everything removed, I would replace everything bit
by bit (restarting in between), just as an attempt to troubleshoot.
This may or may not help, but it's a start.
I do sympathise with you, as kids have this terrible habit of altering
settings and not knowing how they've done it.
Let us know how you get on.
Michele Sayer

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hi there, listers i have a pc i built for a friend and she let some kid work
on it now it just makes a long loud beep every few secounds and keeps
repeating it over and over,its a p6sep-me mobo,
with a 400 intel celoron flip chip,128 megs of ram 20 gig hard drive
standerd floppy and cd but has a burner it.
any help will be greatfuly welcome !!
the beep is just one long beep that keeps over and over all the lights work
and the fans ???
jerry the fatboy crider

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