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"Urgent Help: Total Computer Fook Up"

My dad's computer.

Yes, Dad + Computer = Disaster.

A wire was loose at the back or something, just the printer I think.
Now, the tower is on like a shelf around 2-4 inches off the ground.

He just hoofed it out, badoompf.

Now, it won't start up.

I looked inside, and the Gfx card wasnt plugged in porperly, as it wasn't screwed in securely.
I sorted it, and thought that it'd be it.
But it wasn't.

The computer starts buzzing, the fans go on etc... but then it starts to like beep.
I've had this before when I replaced a Gfx on my comp a while ago - putting it back in securely sorted it.

Everything is in properly, securely, all wires and hardware etc.

So what the hell is wrong?

Help!

Nah, it ain't.

I'll probably disect it for the fun of it.

Azul wrote:
> Twas' the Gfx card - tried it on my comp too, didn't work.
>
> Cheers to everyone who helped, muchly appreciated.

The question is - What are you going to do now with that graphics card? You could take it back if its still under warrenty.

You, sir, are superb.

Twas' the Gfx card - tried it on my comp too, didn't work.

Cheers to everyone who helped, muchly appreciated.

At last someone's put it to me simply.

I'll just go and try it - I'll nab the RAM and Gfx card from this comp.

Cheers.

the beeps usually mean theres sumthing wrong with the graphics card or ram. cheak the ram is pushed in properly if it is pull the sticks out and try sum sticks which you know work. if it works replace the faulty ram, if it doesnt try changing the graphics card. write back if none of this helps

Aha, I've located the BIOS chip.

AMI.

That's exactly it.

IT DOESN'T BLOODY LOAD!

:)

Your bios will declare its version when it loads.

How would I find out what kind of BIOS it uses?
Consult the motherboard book?

I checked - couldn't really see anything about it.

Azul wrote:
> He just hoofed it out, badoompf.

Excellent. This is a technique I use frequently while trying to fix computers. Could your dad perhaps badoompf it from a different direction?

As everybody else said the thing to do is find out what BIOS you use, then find a list of its error codes. I had a PC that did the continuous beeping thing once, and this wasn't an actual error code at all so the 'code' was useless. Turned out to be a faulty stick of RAM, but I only figured that out by borrowing/stealing working components and swapping things in and out till the machine could POST. If everything is seated and connected properly, and the beep code is no help, then trial and error is probably your best option - but that assumes you can get hold of components that you know are working.