Hi All,
I have a problem with my system which has just recently started happening!!
when I first turn it on (after night time / or long period of pc being off)
I switch on and get what sounds like a long beep with two very quick ones
following.
Now I have looked on the net and the only thing I can find is one long beep
and two short ones means a video error.
The thing is if I press the reset button or power off then back on the pc
boots up fine (single beep).Games run perfect and everything is ok.
Is there any way I can check my video card to see if there is a problem with
that or any other tests i can run to see where this problem is coming from ?
my machine is as follows
Asus an8-e - mobo
amd athlon 64 3500 - processor
xfx geforce 6800 gt pci-e - g.card
120gb maxtor - hd
2x512 mb elixir - memory
pioneer dvd/cd rw
Any help would be greatly appreciated
cheers
HB

Humphrey_Bogart wrote:
> Hi All,
> I have a problem with my system which has just recently started happening!!
> when I first turn it on (after night time / or long period of pc being off)
> I switch on and get what sounds like a long beep with two very quick ones
> following.
> Now I have looked on the net and the only thing I can find is one long beep
> and two short ones means a video error.
> The thing is if I press the reset button or power off then back on the pc
> boots up fine (single beep).Games run perfect and everything is ok.
> Is there any way I can check my video card to see if there is a problem with
> that or any other tests i can run to see where this problem is coming from ?
> my machine is as follows
> Asus an8-e - mobo
> amd athlon 64 3500 - processor
> xfx geforce 6800 gt pci-e - g.card
> 120gb maxtor - hd
> 2x512 mb elixir - memory
> pioneer dvd/cd rw
> Any help would be greatly appreciated
> cheers
> HB

What kind of power supply are you using? Inadequate power could cause
power-up problems like that..

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I have a Tagan 420 i-x-eye.
The thing is it didnt do it untill about a week ago and I built the machine
about 3 months ago and all was running very well.
cheers
HB

"Robert Hancock" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Humphrey_Bogart wrote:
>> Hi All,
>> I have a problem with my system which has just recently started
>> happening!! when I first turn it on (after night time / or long period of
>> pc being off)
>> I switch on and get what sounds like a long beep with two very quick ones
>> following.
>> Now I have looked on the net and the only thing I can find is one long
>> beep and two short ones means a video error.
>> The thing is if I press the reset button or power off then back on the pc
>> boots up fine (single beep).Games run perfect and everything is ok.
>> Is there any way I can check my video card to see if there is a problem
>> with that or any other tests i can run to see where this problem is
>> coming from ?
>> my machine is as follows
>> Asus an8-e - mobo
>> amd athlon 64 3500 - processor
>> xfx geforce 6800 gt pci-e - g.card
>> 120gb maxtor - hd
>> 2x512 mb elixir - memory
>> pioneer dvd/cd rw
>> Any help would be greatly appreciated
>> cheers
>> HB
>
> What kind of power supply are you using? Inadequate power could cause
> power-up problems like that..
>
> --
> Robert Hancock Saskatoon, SK, Canada
> To email, remove "nospam" from (E-Mail Removed)
> Home Page: http://www.roberthancock.com/