You are right!

It turned out to be the CPU. After trying the video card, power
supply, USB hub, and memory, I swapped out the Celeron and it ran
great.

I am so relieved!!

Elizabeth Boston

> -----Original Message-----
>
> I would really suspect overheating of the Celeron!

>
> >I need to find the cause of a problem...
> >
> the screen
> >went blank and it began beeping continuous 4 second
> beeps until
> >the power was turned off. Turning it back on resulted
> in the same
> >behavior... blank screen & long beeps.

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