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Have a major problem with my PC. Switched it on last night and, although it powered up, I got nothing. Not even a hello beep from the POST.
Nothing appears on the screen. The Hard Disk light comes on every now and then for a few seconds and you can hear all the fans spin etc, but nothing else.
Have now practically dismantled it and the only time I can get it to do anything is when the processor is removed at which point it gives a burst of alternating beeps, almost like a siren. I have read elsewhere that this is a processor overheat, but since I don't have a processor in it, it can't be overheating!
What do you guys think? It's an ASUS P4B533 board with an Pentium 4 2.4GHz Proc in it, running an Award bios.
You need to look at the manual for your motherboard to find out what that beep code means. It coudl well be a CPU burning up but you need to know for sure.
That's the thing, there is no beep code for that. And even then, it only happens when absolutley everything is disconnected, including the CPU. It's 10 feet away on my desk! There is no beeping at all with just the CPU installed (and heatsink/fan) or anything else.
There are only a couple listed in the manual and none of them are this :-(
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There is no beeping at all with just the CPU installed (and heatsink/fan) or anything else.
Turns out it was loose RAM. Thanks guys!
