🚀 go-pugleaf

On Tue, 28 Apr 1998 09:54:58 +0200, Christian Jahnsen
<c937079@student.dtu.dk> wrote:

>Jeremy wrote:
>
>> switched it on and now it is constantly beeping, the screen is black and not
>> even the bios screen showed.
>
>Well, if it's CONSTANTLY beeping it's a bit of a mystery, you should
>take it to service. If it gives a specific number of beeps, it's
>something very different. PCs are set to do so if a piece of hardware
>is malfunctioning or not plugged in correctly. The number of beeps
>will tell you which piece of hardware is the problem. I can only say
>that 8 beeps mean the sound card. :)

Huh?  I don't think so.  8 beeps is the video card.  Have a look at
www.sysopt.com - they have loads of great info, including BIOS guides
that'll tell you what the beep codes mean.  

However, I don't think it's possible to see if the board is OK without
installing the critical components - VGA, RAM & CPU and possibly a
HDD/FDD controller.  I assume you don't get anything at all because
the BIOS doesn't have anyplace to run the POST since you haven't
installed any memory.  

Also, I'm not sure whether your beep codes will mean anything sensible
withoug any system RAM installed.

Cheers,
E-
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Edwin Rots
E.R.J.Rots@ET.TUDelft.NL
PC Rogue info galore: http://elektron.et.tudelft.nl/~erots/rogue/rogue.html