Re: HELP: CANNOT BOOT

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From: Mike Tomlinson
Date: Mon, 03 Jan 2000 00:00

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In article <84ojnc$bms$1@bgtnsc03.worldnet.att.net>, FUCT
<Knocking@DeathsDoor.Com> writes

>Just for everyones info I got the same error beep combo. After checking my
>bios handbook I came to the same conclussion, BUT, This book is for am AMI
>bios and I have an Award bios. There are differences. It seems my keyboard
>connection had come lose.

Shoving the keyboard plug back firmly into its socket has probably
flexed the motherboard slightly and re-made the dodgy connection to the
video card which was causing the beep failure.  I rather doubt you would
get a video card failure beep sequence for a poorly plugged keyboard.

-- 
Mike Tomlinson

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