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Server won't boot!!

I had the power go off here at my office and now when the
server first starts to boot up I get about a 3 second beep that just keeps repeating and I the monitor is blank, no
message, nothiing!

I would appreciate any suggestions!

MArk
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On some machines, repeated long beeps can mean RAM is not present/faulty/recognized. Did you have a long outage, or just a short blackout? It may help to power off completely and let sit for a minute (if you haven't done so already).
Otherwise:
Try swapping RAM for known good modules.
Try a CMOS reset (battery removal 30 min, or a jumper).

Just to begin with...

Regards
/RID
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Is this unit plugged into a good surge protector/line conditioner?

How did the power go out (brownout or electrical storm)?  Is there a phone modem line plugged directly into the unit?

The surge just before the power goes out in the case of an electrical storm may have simply overloaded and killed the entire thing.
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Thanks for the help. After cleaning out the computer and reseating the cards, the problem was gone and it booted right up.  Thanks for the help!