I just put a computer together, and had a little trouble getting it started. When turned on, it starts to show the post check on the screen, then it stops and beeps once, followed by 9 more beeps. After a minute or so, it seems to warm up and start. Sometimes I have to hit the reset button. Once running, it is fine, but it is driving me crazy to figure out the beeps. I know that once upon a time, in DOS, different numbers of beeps meant something, but I can't remember or find a reference.It is irritating to have this sequence when starting the computer.
When my Toshiba laptop (p4 2.8, 768mb ram) boots up, the desktop background appears, but nothing else does for about 45 seconds. In the meantime, I can move my mouse freely and invoke taskmanager to start programs (File... new task). I'm pretty sure that this problem is not due to an excess of startup programs but instead due to some setting or manual time delay.
When I restart the computer it POSTs fine (counts the memory, displays "the" table... etc). When It's about to start Windows it starts beeping. Continuous short beeps. The cursor just blinks on the screen and it beeps. When I press F8 to get to the boot menu, nothing happens. No boot menu appears.I did a repair install from my XP install CD - same thing happens, nothing has changed. I tried to restore MBR record through recovery console but again same thing, no change.
I have the monitor turned on. I hit the power button on my pc, it powers on. However, the monitor still flashes with the "testing screen" or whatever with the color bars floating around. Also, my reset button light is constantly lit. And finally , the lights on my keyboard flash rapidly and never stop until I turn my pc off.
I use Windows XP home edition. My computer locks up every now and then, the mouse, keyboard, everything. The only way to recover it is to press the reset button. It may go for days and have no problems, then may lock up several times in one day. Than it might go for days again with no problems. It happens a lot when you are playing the windows games, but it will also do it sometimes with other programs. I have looked everywhere to try and figure it out, but I have had no luck. Do you have any ideas what might be causing this or where I can look to correct this problem?
I can delay the running of some startup items? As an example, MSN messenger runs and attempts to log in before my internet connection is active and therefore returns an error everytime I turn on my PC.I would have thought that theres a switch I could add after the shortcut command.
A week or 2 ago my XP (sp.2) system started taking a long time to start, about 3 minutes. I can't think of any application I've added during this time.I removed all apps from the StartUp folders.After turning the system on the opening splash screen comes up and then promptlythe image for my wallpaper (in use long before this problem).Then it pauses for 1-2 minutes.Ctrl-alt-del can be invoked. It shows 3-10% cpu use, little I/O.The process continues with the appearance of the desktop icons and the taskbar.
I'm not really fluent in M$. I have a couple of programs that load at boot time that really should wait until the OS / Drivers / Support programs are loaded to start. Is there any easy way to delay execution until the OS is ready to run?It curently is running from a registry entry and starts too early. It always fails, and I have to terminate it, and restart it once the system is able to interact with me.it appears that Windows XP logs in users before its really ready to interact with them?
I have an excel spreadsheet that starts up from the start-up folder. The problem is that it starts up before another program does that imports DDE data into the spreadsheet. This would then cause the spreadsheet to hang. Is it possible to place a delay statement in the start-up line that would delay the excel spreadsheet for 5 or 10 seconds.
I have bought a new laptop recently and i followed the steps into entering to windows. However, when i reached the window log on popup, i cant seem to go pass it even if i entered the same password and username taht i created. Is there any way that i can reset the startup and setup?
A Dell Optiplex GX280 running Windows XP Pro. It has been sitting a while and I brought it up and started running updates. I am now getting beeps at start-up and no screen etc. The beep pattern is two long beeps followed by two short beeps and then a pause and two more short beeps. I am assuming it has something to do with the Video, but wanted to check here first.
I woke up this morning and left the computer on from last night.The screen had red stripes going threw it and windows logo. So I push the power button to try and restart it and turn it off.So I turned it off the waited a few seconds and turn it back on.The lights came on and the fan came on but the computer never came on, it just kept beeping every five seconds.If some one could help I have no idea why its doing this.
I'm working on an HP Pavilion 513n. When I turn the computer on it beeps 1-3-3-1. I recently upgraded the memory module. The screen is black and does nothing. I went to a few different sites that talk about beep codes and that code is 28 Autosize DRAM. What does that mean? Also how can I get into the bios?
When I tried to power on my personal computer this morning, I got a series of 6 or 7 beeps the first 2 times and my personal computer didn't turn on. The third try did turn it on. What does this mean? Is it indications of serious problems?
I looked at past beeping problems on C-Net and also on Google but I can't find the situation I have. Once exactly at 3 minute intervals my computer gives a short (1 second) beep. Everything works fine so at first I ignored it but I know something is wrong and if possible I would like to fix it before I have a disaster. My Bios is Phoenix and when I checked beep codes there is nothing listed for 1 beep every 3 seconds. My HDD temp is 100 degrees F which is normal for my computer. I would appreciate it if anyone has any ideas which might explain and cure this beep. My profile lists computer info if needed.
I have a MSI ms-7369 1.0 board with a ami v2.4 bios and at boot up I get 2 beeps a pause and then another 1 all of the same duration. what they mean and how to check and fix it
Recently, my computer has started beeping when I don't want it to. I have turned all the sounds off and have muted everything on the computer. Its not a windows sound mp3 file playing but the generic beep your computer gives of.
I switch on my PC, it starts ok till the Windows Welcome screen. I hear the XP intro music then there's a 3 second pause, then a short beep, another 3 second pause, then another short beep, and then another 3 second pause followed by another short beep. Then the PC continues on to the desktop, and it seemingly runs ok. I regularly run Adaware, Spybot, Spyware blaster, CWShredder, and Microsoft Antispyware. everything comes up fine. I have PC-cillin 2005 on my system and that is checked regularly. Now I don't know if this is a coincidence or just what, but when I first heard the beeps, I thought to do a system restore back a month or so, but the system restore had been turned off. Now I know that I didn't do it, and no one else uses my system, so I don't know if that has anything to do with the beep problem.
Intel celeron 10g hard drive(very small almost full) compaq evo compact desktop. My wife uses this for game play etc.It had 1 512m & 1 256 card in it & worked ok. I removed the 256 card & put a second 512 in.When i boot up i just get 3 beeps all of the same length & the monitor light goes green & then back to orange & the screen says no signal.We bought the tower cheap about 12 months ago at 256mb so i put another 512 in it which made a great improvement.Just wondering why when i try to upgrade further this is happening.If i remove the second 512 & put the 256 back in it works fine. .
I didnt do anything, no new programs installed, but all of a sudden my pc beeps 5 or 6 times quickly every 5 or so minutes. i ran a virus check and a spybot check and a adaware check. nothing found.
f those beeps annoy you there is a way to turn them off Start Regedit. If you are unfamiliar with regedit please refer to our FAQ on how to get started.Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USERControl PanelSoundOnce there, locate Beep on the list on the right.Right click on it and select ModifyChange the value equal to noReboot your computer and the beeps will be gone!
If those beeps annoy you there is a way to turn them off Start Regedit. If you are unfamiliar with regedit please refer to our FAQ on how to get started.Navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USERControl PanelSound Once there, locate Beep on the list on the right. Right click on it and select Modify Change the value equal to Reboot your computer and the beeps will be gone!
I have put a DVD write drive in a dell computer now I am getting 3 short beeps when I try to boot up and it does not boot up. But if I leave it off for a few minutes it does boot up and works normal. I did put another memory stick in but it was beeping before this. Could it be anything to do with the power supply atx psu 250? I am not on it at the moment I dont know what type of bios it has. I have checked the two drives both seem ok when singly attached I did not need to but I have checked the memory 1 stick at a time seems ok. the other drive is a dvd rom plays but wont burn. Could it be a faulty EIDE cable I got a new one with the new drive but I did not use it.
Hey guys i play games online that use alot of fast repeatly use of teh keyboard. When i start pressing keys really fast my hard drive beeps and the computer restarts, but before it restarts and closes teh game, a message comes up about sticky keys, but then it closes out really fast and i have no time to read it and then the computer restarts. I tried goign to my keyboard setup in control panel but i dont see nothing that can help this problem.
Running Window XP pro SP3 DFI lanparty motherboard (Ultra D)Has OZC power supply GSX700. The problem I am seeing is it takes 20-30 seconds for the power to come on after you push the power button. I have never see one do this.
When I click on a button I get a clicking sound which is OK when changing a page etc, but the clicking sound also clicks every 40 sec's or so, and is quite annoying, dose anybody know why it dose this, and can it be stopped.I diden't notice it when I had ME but now I have XP Pro it is very loud.
i'm using xp home edition sp2 and an epson photo R800. The problem is, when I print a document or photo, I sometimes have to wait upto a couple of hours for it to print. I have changed the print priority to 99 but still the same. I have re-installed the drivers and checked all the settings and i can't see anything thats different as it used to print immediatly. I have tried changing to print immediatly after first page/after last page and everything else i can think of. I also have another PC on my w/less network sharing this printer but this has the same delay.
i'm using xp home edition sp2 and an epson photo R800. The problem is, when I print a document or photo, I sometimes have to wait upto a couple of hours for it to print. I have changed the print priority to 99 but still the same. I have re-installed the drivers and checked all the settings and i can't see anything thats different as it used to print immediatly. I have tried changing to print immediatly after first page/after last page and everything else i can think of. I also have another PC on my w/less network sharing this printer but this has the same delay, I have scanned for spy/ad-ware with adaware and S&D but there is none. I have run the troubleshooters but to no avail.
