Paul,

One thing that would help is the brand of BIOS you are running.  This way we
can better interpret the beep codes (also called post codes sometimes).

The problem "could" be video memory, system memory, cache problems, etc.
One thing you might check is make sure the video card is FIRMLY seated.
Even with PCI video cards I have had problems just like this in the past.
The last couple of pins were just making incidental contact, and sometimes
the machine would boot, sometimes it wouldn't.

When you reply, it would help if you supply more details about your system.
Motherboard, CPU, video card, hard drive, memory, etc.

Regards,

Kyle Elmblade
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From: "Paul A. Valentine" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2000 6:05 PM
Subject: [PCBUILD] Computer Start-up Problem


> My computer has developed what I suspect is a hardware problem. When I
push
> the power button to turn it on, the power light comes on, the hard drive
> light comes on, it immediately emits one long beeb, and two fast short
> beeps, the cd-rom lights briefly as does the A drive and the cdrw drive.
The
> hard drive light stays on for about a minute, then goes off, but nothing
> more happens. The display does not come on. If I turn it on manually, it
is
> not getting a signal. The only way to power it down is to pull the plug.
> Sometimes if I hit reset it will start normally, and run normally. Today
> that didn't work. I opened and closed both cd drives, then hit reset, and
it
> started????
> Need help????
> Thanks, Paul

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