Quick question about computer post beeps

[LouisG]

I have a ECS P4VMM2-A motherboard in a computer that someone brought to me
with a problem of booting ,,, she was able to see it boot to the desktop
without any icons and an explorer.exe error ,, but when i got it i couldn't
get anything on the monitor and noticed that the vga socket was pulled out
a bit and quite loose ,,, she admitted that she was yanking on the monitor
plug instead of unscrewing it ,, and now all i'm getting is a blank screen
and then the computer beeps ,,,,first once ,, then a long pause and then
two quick beeps and then a short pause and one more.

You can hear the hard drive whirring into action , but then nothing but the
above beeps.

I feel that the motherboard is toast due to her yanking on the monitor cord
, but not 100% sure.

Any thoughts??

Thanks

 

[Vanguard]

I have a ECS P4VMM2-A motherboard in a computer that someone brought to me
with a problem of booting ,,, she was able to see it boot to the desktop
without any icons and an explorer.exe error ,, but when i got it i
couldn't
get anything on the monitor and noticed that the vga socket was pulled out
a bit and quite loose ,,, she admitted that she was yanking on the monitor
plug instead of unscrewing it ,, and now all i'm getting is a blank screen
and then the computer beeps ,,,,first once ,, then a long pause and then
two quick beeps and then a short pause and one more.

You can hear the hard drive whirring into action , but then nothing but
the
above beeps.

I feel that the motherboard is toast due to her yanking on the monitor
cord
, but not 100% sure.

You don't mention if the VGA connector is on a video card or on the
motherboard. If it is on the motherboard, it will be tough to repair
assuming something didn't get shorted and burn out. For a video card,
she'll have to get a new one.

For beep codes, I usually head over to bioscentral.com which has tables of
beep codes for different BIOS makers.

 

[LouisG]

You don't mention if the VGA connector is on a video card or on the
motherboard. If it is on the motherboard, it will be tough to repair
assuming something didn't get shorted and burn out. For a video card,
she'll have to get a new one.

For beep codes, I usually head over to bioscentral.com which has
tables of beep codes for different BIOS makers.

Sorry , i guess i forgot to mention that it is onboard ,,,,

 

[Malke]

Sorry , i guess i forgot to mention that it is onboard ,,,,

Toast.

Malke

 

[Unk]

Sorry , i guess i forgot to mention that it is onboard ,,,,

Disable the on-board video in the BIOS and use a carded video adapter.
Try a used, or borrowed one in case the motherboard is completely toast.

 

[LouisG]

Disable the on-board video in the BIOS and use a carded video adapter.
Try a used, or borrowed one in case the motherboard is completely toast.

I can't disable the onboard card as i can't see anything on the screen to
disable it ,, unless there's a jumper on the board itself that will do
this.

 

[Les Herrman]

I can't disable the onboard card as i can't see anything on the screen to
disable it ,, unless there's a jumper on the board itself that will do
this.

Try putting a new card in anyway. Many motherboards will
automatically disable the onboard video when they detect a video card
has been installed.

 

[LouisG]

Les Herrman wrote in

Try putting a new card in anyway. Many motherboards will
automatically disable the onboard video when they detect a video card
has been installed.

i'd already tried doing that ,,, with no change

 

[Uncle Grumpy]

TOAST