PC Wont even boot up and ony beeps
I have a Dell PC. It froze while I was running multiple apps the other day. I had to shut it down hard. Now it will not boot up at all. There is nothing on the display. It only beeps in series of three beeps when I push the power on. Is this possibly the power supply? I ont know where to start as it wont even give me a display at all.
is it three evenly spaced beeps? like beep beep beep or its it beep pause beepbeep
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evenly spaced
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ok. I cant test it until this evening. I might wait until morning to respond.
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I can do this. Thanks.
you might have good ram, but it might have gotten some dust in it so it's not connecting...I've had that problem several times. If you take the ram out and clean out the slot, it might fix the problem...but if that doesn't work, I'd agree with what Jlucht suggested.
Hi there;
As my friends above suggested, it sounds like a misplaced RAM issue. Please reput the RAMs in their slots.
Best regards.
As my friends above suggested, it sounds like a misplaced RAM issue. Please reput the RAMs in their slots.
Best regards.
Try to clean your CPU ... especially the RAM slot... I used to got to car repair shop and borrow the air gun to spray the internal of my CPU. blow out all the dust (sometimes spider web). Then unpug the RAM and processor to clean it with air gun.
cwteoh that is a good solution, however make sure you blow all the water out of the line prior to blowing out the computer. Also, make sure that the air pressure is not over 40 psi because you can blow pieces off the mother board. ( I have done this at 90 psi, just to try it)
yes...if you really want to be as safe as you can, get a can of compressed air especially for cleaning out computers.
Did you resolve your problem now?
this is because some of the processor heatsink fan airflow is pointing the RAM slot... all the dist are blowing away from the processor heatsink and stick inside the RAM slot and will cause the resistance between the RAM and the contact.
Remove the RAM and use eraser to rub on the RAM circuit contact... it will clean up the oxidized surface.
Remove the RAM and use eraser to rub on the RAM circuit contact... it will clean up the oxidized surface.
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Sorry about the response time. Yes it worked fine. I removed RAM. Cleaned everything really good. Installed RAM. Everything works fine.
Thanks!
Thanks!
glad to hear that