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Posted: 5/17/2008 3:50:26 PM | | oh, or try giving it a good clean, use a can of compressed CO2 to get rid of all the dust, make sure you take the cover off to do it and keep the can a good distance away as it gets very cold and you dont want to freeze the computer. Dust is the most common cause of overheating so worth a try. | |
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Posted: 5/17/2008 10:54:10 PM | So, big sister, are your one of the types that if they are young enough to be my son or old enough to be my father, it aint going to happen types of people? :)~ I hear ya.
A continuous beeping is generally one of three things a bad motherboard, a bad power supply or the best of the three a bad keyboard. Possible stuck key too
Try another keyboard if it doesn't cause the beeping anymore then that was your problem. | |
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Posted: 5/18/2008 2:09:52 AM | | my keyboard is brand new, and it wasnt cheap, its a touch style , so cant see it being that, going to give it a good clean later, hope it solves the problem, I ,m overwhelmed with the amount of people that have tried to help, thanks to you all for taking the time , much appreciated. Just hope I dont dislodge anything when I open it up, on my way to pc world for an air compressor, fingers crossed. | |
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Posted: 5/18/2008 5:46:15 AM | Hi,
I tend to doubt you're overheating, it's always good to clean it though, if you know what you're doing.
While it's unplugged and after you've touched metal on the case to mitigate any component killing static charge, closely inspect all the cards to ensure they're well seated, screwed, clipped. If anything looks out, that's most likely you're problem, and it became dislodged when it got hit. A good bet here would be RAM or video card. Since you got the air, take it out without touching the pins at all, blow out the slot really good and then reseat the card/ram until it's in all the way and secure.
If there's no joy there, give the heatsink/fan a little wiggle to make sure it's on solidly, but I doubt that's your problem, when it overheats it will either shut down and it would be unlikely you'd get to boot it again let it alone run it for any length of time without fixing what caused it to overheat in the first place.
Other than that it could be something entirely different. For instance one of the wires in the back could have become slightly dislodged when it got hit.
Better still it could be a virus or just a plain old system error. 8 year olds are good for those too.
Since you are able to boot and run it, it would only make sense to check event viewer for error codes, every time it beeped it likely printed you a new one.
If all the errors are different and nothing seems to make sense in it, it likely is dislodged hardware as explained above. My bet is on loose ram.
Also make sure the motherboard battery (flat round shinny thing) is well seated. A good boot would easily dislodge that and cause your motherboard to lose settings and then it's beep city, but would give you the best odds of still finding it half useable, maybe. Usually with loose ram or something, beeps would be your last indicator of a problem.
Another thing you can try is pretty much step 1 to troubleshooting something like this, see how quick you are with the pause/break key during POST, so that you can read the boot messages.
Check all the main signal, power and fan cables too. If none of that helps, put a bullet in it.
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Posted: 5/18/2008 5:47:56 AM | Oh yeah, since you just changed the keyboard, suspect it.
First check the connection. Second, try your old keyboard again. Lemons do happen all the time.
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Posted: 5/22/2008 3:46:59 PM | Hi,
Your machine is overheating and the constant bleeping is a safety notification.
turning off allows it to cool, if your using programs that use a lot of system resources it heats up faster and can sometimes overheat.
The most popular cause of this is a build up of dust inside the case and clogged processor fan. This can be easily serviced with a hoover or you can buy a can of compressed air from pcworld to blow the dust out.
ask pcworld for advice on blowing out the dust. | |
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Posted: 5/24/2008 1:41:30 PM | | Thanks for all the help, I cleaned the base unit yesterday , seems to have done the trick , it was a wee bit dusty in there. | |
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Posted: 5/25/2008 12:40:16 AM | One time my computer was very dusty and I mistook occasional squeaking of the fan as beeping. Maybe it was, because an air compressor made it stop.
Squeaks and beeps sound very similar to me.  | |
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Posted: 5/27/2008 10:04:19 PM |
I,ll sent it to you , but we come as a package deal , have my computer have me No doubt! 
Anyway it sounds like the hard drive is going bad. First the clicking, then the beeping. Clicking could be the drive seeking and trying to read. Then the beeping could be the computer telling you it can't read the drive. Since it happened in that order that would be my best guess. | |
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Posted: 5/27/2008 10:32:16 PM | Hmm....
My m0ney is on damage to either the motherboard, the memory or the video card. It wouldn't be external as you said the mouse and keyboard are both working. Internally its unlikely to be any of the drives as if it were the drive in question would not function or be listed under 'my computer' So i'm thinking damage to the motherboard, video card or perhaps the loosening of the internal power/connection wires. If it was caused from a kick its unlikely to be fan damage - just check to see if the fan is actually spinning to make sure.... :) but yeah, i've had stuff like that happen a few times and usually its been motherboard damage or something screwy with the video card...well there was once incidence with the powersource being about to short out, but thats unlikely in this case.
Anyways, my advice is to get it to a hardware tech shop. Be careful though, they do have a habit of trying to screw people over. and if it does turn out to be a problem with the memory getting damaged make absolutely sure the guy sells you the correct stick *and* installs it himself, at the shop. Not too long ago I got a memory upgrade that fried my old computer... and the store said it wasn't their fault. funny that they sold me the wrong one and installed it and still said it wasn't their fault....how is that NOT their fault?!
Oh and I happen to have a certified hardware tech on my staff so if you sent me an exact list of exactly what the computer is doing i'd get it to him and he could easily tell you exactly whats causing it and what you need to fix it. | |
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Posted: 5/27/2008 11:13:00 PM | It was a wee bit dusty in there.
Really now, how dusty was it
If it was packed, then poor cooling will overheat the CPU and cause warning beeps in many different models of computer. If you can, be sure the CPU fan is spinning freely and that the fan bearing isn't squealing or making a chattering noise. Not sure where or what the CPU fan is? Do a Google Image Search for CPU fan. Also, look for Computer Fan over at Wikipedia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_fan | |
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Posted: 5/28/2008 4:02:03 AM | | Rhodes85, Thanks for your generous offer, I think its ok now ,nothings happened since I have given it a good clean once again thanks for everyone for taking the time to help, Im touched. | |
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Posted: 5/28/2008 9:29:26 PM | ^ I might agree with Aspiring_angel, keyboards can easily cause repetitive beeping (stuck key, eventually overflows the typeahead buffer).
Easy test for it, when it starts beeping like that - unplug the keyboard from the back of the computer (yes, with it still on). If the beeping stops, buy yourself a new keyboard. | |
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| help whats wrong with my pc
Posted: 5/30/2008 3:30:34 AM | | Hi does the computer just sound one beep and keep repeating the single beep.If it does it may be that either a RAM stick in the machine has jumped out of its slot or a stick of RAM has failed.The Ram is used to store short term memory needed to start the computer up if this fails at start up then the computer will not load any further.I hope this is of some help. | |
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Posted: 6/1/2008 1:03:15 PM | | ^^ It dose not happen at start, just late at night when its been on a while, not happened since I cleane the base unit, hope its done the trick , thanks for the help. | |
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Posted: 6/1/2008 6:56:49 PM | If your computer is a P2 (pentium 2) or lower...don't fix it....get a newer one. A P4..maybe do some simple repairs. Often multiple beeps is because of low memory. Remove any programs you are not using. Being a used computer, it might be an idea to find out what IS on the memory and erase that which you don't need. (click on START, then ADD/REMOVE programs, a list will come up...just take off the ones not needed.
Or...add some more memory...you can buy it cheaper than buying a new puter.
Your "tower" is just a case...inside it is what counts. Motherboard, sound card, video card, USB cards( where you plug in your mouse, printer, keyboard, etc...) all kinds of crap.
Often you need to clean the interior out...dust bunnies, cat hair...whatever.
Someitmes computers make odd sounds...usually a fan hitting something or a disc drive that is going...think "bearing seizing"...not there there ARE bearings...but the idea is there...DO NOT use WD=40 on it....or any other lubricant...big danger...big trouble! | |
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