Re: Quick question about computer post beeps

On Sun, 08 Jan 2006 03:59:13 GMT, LouisG <imnot@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

>"Vanguard" <vanguard.code@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
>news:uMP8OXAFGHA.984@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:
>
>> "LouisG" <imnot@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:Xns9744E61EB7AD011241959@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>I have a ECS P4VMM2-A motherboard in a computer that someone brought
>>>to me
>>> with a problem of booting ,,, she was able to see it boot to the
>>> desktop without any icons and an explorer.exe error ,, but when i got
>>> it i couldn't
>>> get anything on the monitor and noticed that the vga socket was
>>> pulled out a bit and quite loose ,,, she admitted that she was
>>> yanking on the monitor plug instead of unscrewing it ,, and now all
>>> i'm getting is a blank screen and then the computer beeps ,,,,first
>>> once ,, then a long pause and then two quick beeps and then a short
>>> pause and one more.
>>>
>>> You can hear the hard drive whirring into action , but then nothing
>>> but the
>>> above beeps.
>>>
>>> I feel that the motherboard is toast due to her yanking on the
>>> monitor cord
>>> , but not 100% sure.
>>
>>
>> You don't mention if the VGA connector is on a video card or on the
>> motherboard. If it is on the motherboard, it will be tough to repair
>> assuming something didn't get shorted and burn out. For a video card,
>> she'll have to get a new one.
>>
>> For beep codes, I usually head over to bioscentral.com which has
>> tables of beep codes for different BIOS makers.
>>
>
>Sorry , i guess i forgot to mention that it is onboard ,,,,


Disable the on-board video in the BIOS and use a carded video adapter.
Try a used, or borrowed one in case the motherboard is completely toast.
.

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