Double beep is usually a hardware issue. You can try pressing F1 to bypass it if the component failure isn't fatal. But onestly, it doesn't look good for the home team right now.

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From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Tom Behler
Sent: Saturday, December 12, 2015 10:36 AM
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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