beep code question , emachine, circa Jan 2006

[~Mike Hollywood]

Hi,
the e-machine was sent back to the factory 3 times under warrenty. replaced
mobo, cdrw, and i don't know what the third problem was. Has an Athlon 64
in it.

Now it doesn't boot.
The owner reports that when he turns it on it beeps. It is a single, long,
recurring beep, About a second of a beep, and a second of a pause, and it
does this until he turns it off.

Can anyone tell me what this signifies? I don't have specs on the machine.
Thanks,
Mike

 

[Michael Hawes]

Hi,
the e-machine was sent back to the factory 3 times under warrenty.
replaced mobo, cdrw, and i don't know what the third problem was. Has an
Athlon 64 in it.

Now it doesn't boot.
The owner reports that when he turns it on it beeps. It is a single,
long, recurring beep, About a second of a beep, and a second of a pause,
and it does this until he turns it off.

Can anyone tell me what this signifies? I don't have specs on the
machine.
Thanks,
Mike

Memory problem. Remove, clean and reseat memory modules. If more than
one, try one at a time.

Mike.

 

[~Mike Hollywood]

hey michael!
Thanks a million.
mike

Memory problem. Remove, clean and reseat memory modules. If more than
one, try one at a time.

Mike.

 

[don't look]

Here's a good reference point.Has codes from dfifferent makers BIOS.

http://www.webopedia.com/quick_ref/BIOSBeepCodes.asp

 

[YorkshireRippa]

A continuous beep can usually signify PSU problem. One beep...two beeps...three, etc... is a Motherboard problem.