Beep codes on boot up

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I have an HP Pavilion 7905 model. Its about 5 or so years old, running XP
Pro. I turned on the computer today and got 4 single beeps. The monitor
says its in Power Save Mode. Activate Using PC. I powered up again and got a
different series of beeps. Wasn't expecting that so I don't remember the
beeps. Tried power again and got no beeps, including the POST single beep.
Monitor still says the same thing. I tried diferrent monitors, and different
video cards with the same results. Is my motherboard done? Any help will be
greatly appreciated. Thank you.
 
I forgot to mention the power led on the monitor and tower both go green to
yellow after a minute or so.
 
I finally duplicated the other beep pattern. 1-3-4-3 Test 512K base
memory. What does that mean? Please tell me i can fix it.
 
Ogrish said:
I have an HP Pavilion 7905 model. Its about 5 or so years old, running XP
Pro. I turned on the computer today and got 4 single beeps. The monitor
says its in Power Save Mode. Activate Using PC. I powered up again and
got a
different series of beeps. Wasn't expecting that so I don't remember the
beeps. Tried power again and got no beeps, including the POST single
beep.
Monitor still says the same thing. I tried diferrent monitors, and
different
video cards with the same results. Is my motherboard done? Any help will
be
greatly appreciated. Thank you.
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You can find the meaning of bios beep codes here -
http://www.bioscentral.com/
 
Ogrish said:
I have an HP Pavilion 7905 model. Its about 5 or so years old, running XP
Pro. I turned on the computer today and got 4 single beeps. The monitor
says its in Power Save Mode. Activate Using PC. I powered up again and
got a
different series of beeps. Wasn't expecting that so I don't remember the
beeps. Tried power again and got no beeps, including the POST single
beep.
Monitor still says the same thing. I tried diferrent monitors, and
different
video cards with the same results. Is my motherboard done? Any help will
be
greatly appreciated. Thank you.
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It's a hardware issue, not OS related. Contact HP tech support or a
competent local computer repair shop.
 
I have an HP Pavilion 7905 model. Its about 5 or so years old, running XP
Pro. I turned on the computer today and got 4 single beeps. The monitor
says its in Power Save Mode. Activate Using PC. I powered up again and got a
different series of beeps. Wasn't expecting that so I don't remember the
beeps. Tried power again and got no beeps, including the POST single beep.
Monitor still says the same thing. I tried diferrent monitors, and different
video cards with the same results. Is my motherboard done? Any help will be
greatly appreciated. Thank you.
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Try reseating the RAM. Also, try different (but compatible) RAM.
 
I reseated the ram, and tried old ram that came with the machine. No progress.
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Then can it, it's the motherboard. (it could be processor too, but
that involves spending money to find out). I have seen dead processors
on occasion.

To verify: remove/unplug *everything* except RAM and Video. If it
still beeps, it's toast.
 
Ogrish said:
I have an HP Pavilion 7905 model. Its about 5 or so years old, running XP
Pro. I turned on the computer today and got 4 single beeps. The monitor
says its in Power Save Mode. Activate Using PC. I powered up again and
got a
different series of beeps. Wasn't expecting that so I don't remember the
beeps. Tried power again and got no beeps, including the POST single
beep.
Monitor still says the same thing. I tried diferrent monitors, and
different
video cards with the same results. Is my motherboard done? Any help will
be
greatly appreciated. Thank you.
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If you go to http://www.bioscentral.com/ you will be able to see what 4
beeps indicates. That's what the beep codes are for - to identify which
hardware device is failing. Why guess?
 
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