Hey I am haveing problems with an old computer of mine. Last night all of a sudden it began beeping, and it is continuous and does not stop, the beeps last about one second long and are about a second apart, plus the monitor displays that there is no signal, any solution guys?
PSU dying?
I dont know what the problem is, I have tried unpluging the video card and using the original monitor slot, I have removed the RAM and stuck it back in.
Moved to tech.
could it be the powersupply?
I removed this thiny about three months ago, I was cleaning the case inside and "this thingy was half way off" so I took it off, but after that the I havent had any problems so I dont think it was "the thingy", or could this cause the problem now, (three months later)
Last edited by Cuttin_cut (2008-01-27 15:54:45)
any suggestions?
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You removed your northbridge chipset heatsink, a very necessary part. Over time it has gotten quite hot with no way of cooling itself, and the part has degraded. It is probably shot now, you need another motherboard.
You removed your northbridge chipset heatsink, a very necessary part. Over time it has gotten quite hot with no way of cooling itself, and the part has degraded. It is probably shot now, you need another motherboard.
Damn, but is there a way to make sure the problem is coming from the northbridge, before I go and spend money on new parts?
Start switching out components. Try a new power supply, trade processors with a friend, take out all your video cards, that kind of stuff. My money is on chipset shot though.Cuttin_cut wrote:
Damn, but is there a way to make sure the problem is coming from the northbridge, before I go and spend money on new parts?
Go get yourself another motherboard. Try not to pull off any metal bits in future.
The beeps are often from the motherboard. Mine beeps once on startup to tell me it's alright. If I get a long beep, I need to shut off the power and wait for about 2 seconds before starting again. I don't know why.
The beeps are often from the motherboard. Mine beeps once on startup to tell me it's alright. If I get a long beep, I need to shut off the power and wait for about 2 seconds before starting again. I don't know why.
Last edited by some_random_panda (2008-01-27 16:12:17)
if ya took the heatsink off thats more than likely where the problem is.
Yep, definetely sounds like your motherboard has gone! I'd be cautious about your other components now in the (unlikely) scenario that they may be damaged too. Handle with care - I suggest you run memory tests etc to make sure everything is okay with your memory, and GPU tests for your GPU.
Well I would guess it would be up to my parents, I recently bought me a laptop when I moved out and gave my desktop to my parents, and they day I cleaned it, the heatsink was already hanging off, so it was already disconnected, but I'm thinking my parents needed a new computer anyways , but I still want some of the information that was left on the old PC
Yep its fucked. New PC ftw.
noice 
no. just the fact that it was there and making some contact with the thing was providing some kind of cooling. yeah, it would still probably kill itself, but it would take a hell of a lot longer to do so.Cuttin_cut wrote:
Well I would guess it would be up to my parents, I recently bought me a laptop when I moved out and gave my desktop to my parents, and they day I cleaned it, the heatsink was already hanging off, so it was already disconnected, but I'm thinking my parents needed a new computer anyways , but I still want some of the information that was left on the old PC
in the future don't touch anything you don't understand. rule of thumb: nothing is for decoration inside a computer.
At least if you don't surely know tech stuff. Nowadays there tends to be a lot of decorative stuff inside computer cases, which I can't honestly understand. It's not like computers are sports cars...Ender2309 wrote:
rule of thumb: nothing is for decoration inside a computer.
main battle tank karthus medikopter 117 megamegapowershot gg
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Thermal paste on wrong side of CPU
Installing RAM backwards
Cutting off parts of a video card
Leaving the plastic on
Removing the northbridge heatsink because you did not like it.
It gets longer every day.
Thermal paste on wrong side of CPU
Installing RAM backwards
Cutting off parts of a video card
Leaving the plastic on
Removing the northbridge heatsink because you did not like it.
It gets longer every day.
I had the same problem, although i didnt randomly rip a part off of my mobo
But below my on/off power button there's another, i just pressed that, and voila' Beeping stopped, but it did reset all of my hardware to its default settings.
But below my on/off power button there's another, i just pressed that, and voila' Beeping stopped, but it did reset all of my hardware to its default settings.
Last edited by Pea....Tear.....Griffen (2008-01-28 05:43:54)
I have another question, my parents have an older computer sitting around and my parents need a computer quick because my mother is takeing classes over the internet. And since there isn't any extra money floating around I can't get another mother board any time soon, so I wondered if I could replace the mother board with the one that got shot. The only down side is that the other mother board is an old version.
Most likely not, if you say the motherboard in question is an older version.
TOO FUNNY! +1Dragonclaw wrote:
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Thermal paste on wrong side of CPU
Installing RAM backwards
Cutting off parts of a video card
Leaving the plastic on
Removing the northbridge heatsink because you did not like it.
It gets longer every day.
[edit] Not laughing at the OP as we all learn along the way but just the list of late...struck me funny[/edit]
Last edited by 462nd NSP653 (2008-01-29 20:06:22)
Hahahaha true, god I love this shitDragonclaw wrote:
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Thermal paste on wrong side of CPU
Installing RAM backwards
Cutting off parts of a video card
Leaving the plastic on
Removing the northbridge heatsink because you did not like it.
It gets longer every day.
@ OP: couldn't you think of that yourself? I mean, the chipset cooler is there for a reason, they don't put those things on for fun...
You just fried your motherboard gg!
what could be the worst case senario if I was to switch mother boards?