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50420 · 21-04-2005, 13:43

Hi all..
was hoping one or more of you guys can settle an argument for me.
a friend of mine is having a problem with his pc. it was working fine one day... wasnt the next. after he had one of the technician where he works take a look at it, he also asked me for a second opinion.
He is getting 4 short beeps on POST...then a plain black screen.
the technician reckoned it was a hard drive failure... i was thinking along the lines of the motherboard or a device connected to it.. video card perhaps.
anyways.. my mate bought a new hard drive and binned the old one on the advice of the technician... and is now a little unhappy that i refused to install it for him... reason being that i didnt think it was the hard drive in the first place, and that if the technician was so sure I'd rather him do the job.

i'll eat humble pie if am wrong, but wouldnt it be unusual for a hard drive to generate beeps on POST ???

21-04-2005, 13:43	#1
50420 Inactive Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 401	anyone fancy settling an argument... Hi all.. was hoping one or more of you guys can settle an argument for me. a friend of mine is having a problem with his pc. it was working fine one day... wasnt the next. after he had one of the technician where he works take a look at it, he also asked me for a second opinion. He is getting 4 short beeps on POST...then a plain black screen. the technician reckoned it was a hard drive failure... i was thinking along the lines of the motherboard or a device connected to it.. video card perhaps. anyways.. my mate bought a new hard drive and binned the old one on the advice of the technician... and is now a little unhappy that i refused to install it for him... reason being that i didnt think it was the hard drive in the first place, and that if the technician was so sure I'd rather him do the job. i'll eat humble pie if am wrong, but wouldnt it be unusual for a hard drive to generate beeps on POST ???