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Article #667Re: HELP: CANNOT BOOT
From: Jacqui Heather
Date: Sun, 02 Jan 2000 00:00
Date: Sun, 02 Jan 2000 00:00
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1 long and 3 short post beeps is normally related to the graphics card...if you have a graphics card other than an onboard one, its worth reseating it to make sure it is fully seated...other than that, you can try the card in someone elses machine to make sure it does actually function. Hope that is of some help Jacqui chris <c_everts@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:84o1q8$3bnj$1@reader1.wxs.nl... > Hi, > After putting my comp back together after moving -took out the HD for > transport- I succesfully booted. I ran Norton disk doctor to check for > possible damage, but everything was just fine. I left it out of sight for 10 > minutes to find it frozen when I came back. I resetted and to my alarm the > BIOS beep had changed into 1 long and three short beeps. After that the HD > purs a bit -no signal to the monitor- and then shuts down. > It does not acces the A drive, so I can't do anything anymore. > What's going on? > Is it possible that this is virus related? I sent the autoexec questions > before... > Suggestions, please! > Chris > >
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