Beep patterns are different from computer to computer. Usually if you can 
look up the brand and if it's long or short beeps, you can get in the right 
direction but if the beeps are new, not something it's done right along, 
very likely you lost some piece of hardware, video card or something.

-----Original Message----- 
From: Tom Behler
Sent: Saturday, December 12, 2015 10:36 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Very Strange Issue With Windows XP Logging Computer

Hello, everyone.



I was getting ready to work some of the ARRL 10-meter contest this morning,
and something very strange has happened to my old Windows XP logging
computer.



I successfully installed and tested the updated N3FJP logging software for
the contest last night, but today, when I turn on my computer, I can't get
into any of the programs on the machine.  If I turn on the computer, I can
hear the hard drive start to engage, but after waiting for a few seconds,
nothing happens, other than a double beep which I'm sure  indicates
something. . Jaws will not come up, so I can't read the screen.  And, my XYL
is not here to look at the screen.



Has anyone experienced this sort of thing before, and if so, how do you get
the computer back into normal operation?



Tom Behler: KB8TYJ