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PC is dead
03-06-2008 8:53 AM
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Firstly i apologise in advance as this is not going to be described particularly eloquently.
My pc recently froze and i reached for the power button to re boot which normally works. Now when i turn the pc on i get a long high pitched noise (the same as always happens when this particular pc turns on it just lasts longer). The sound is for about 5 seconds followed by a 2 second break followed by the same, infinitley i guess. Nothing comes up on my monitor.
The only other things of note are two LED's which i have never noticed before. One is now constantly green and one is constantly red. The red one has a picture underneath, a circle sitting on top of a rectangle. Much like a little person i guess.
Any ideas would be much appreciated.
Thanks
Re: PC is dead
03-06-2008 9:16 AM
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Re: PC is dead
03-06-2008 9:29 AM
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Missing really means 'not detected' so it could be any number of things - loose or frazzled RAM, loose or frazzled processor etc.
Given the hanging incident, it seems likely that it was an IO component rather than a power issue - I'd place my bets on a RAM problem with the limited info.
Re: PC is dead
03-06-2008 9:31 AM
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It was bought from Mesh and has the following spec
Elite Q6600 PCA
Intel® Core™ 2 Quad Q6600 Quad Core Processor(2.4GHz,8MB Cache,1066MHz)
Genuine Windows Vista™ Home Premium Edition
Digital & Analogue TV Tuner PCI Card + Vista Remote
Aluminium ATX Midi Tower + 1000W PSU - Black
PCI-Express Mainboard - SLI nForce 680i SLI(C55XE) - Intel Core 2 Duo/Quad-Core - ATX
2048MB DDR2 900MHz Memory -( 2x 1024MB Kit)
500GB Serial ATA Hard Drive with 16MB Buffer
LightScribe Super Format 18x Dual Layer DVD Writer +R/-R/RW/RAM
640MB nVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS - Dual DVI, HDTV, TV-Out
22" Widescreen Digital & Multi Media TFT Display (Iiyama E2200WS, 5ms)
DVI connector Cable
Creative Labs Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Gamer Sound Card (oem)
Creative Labs I-Trigue 3330 - 2.1 Surround with Subwoofer
Logitech Internet 1500 Laser Cordless Desktop Keyboard & Mouse
Free Cyberlink Video Editing Suite - 7 titles (oem)
6x USB 2.0 Ports (8x possible on motherboard)
2x IEEE1394 Firewire (onboard)
1x Gigabit LAN (onboard)
Internal 33-in-1 Memory Card Reader
Is that the info needed?
Thanks
Re: PC is dead
03-06-2008 11:16 AM
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if you can run memtest86+, this will eliminate the ram as being faulty. if the ram is ok, we can start considering other components. how long have you had the machine?
Re: PC is dead
03-06-2008 11:20 AM
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If the sound you describe is coming from the PC speaker it MAY be a memory problem (none recognised) but you need to look at the manual for the motherboard (or the MESH support web site) to be sure; there are usually lots of different "sound messages" with different patterns.
Re: PC is dead
03-06-2008 1:00 PM
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Re: PC is dead
03-06-2008 1:30 PM
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(but a useful reference if looking at the documentation)
Re: PC is dead
04-06-2008 3:13 AM
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Quote from: Strat ...commonly referred to as Bios Beep Codes
Indeed they are but even with the bios beep codes in front of you can sometimes be hard to diagnose
especially with a code that doesn't correspond with anything listed, oh the amount of times
i don't even want to think about it
Re: PC is dead
05-06-2008 9:34 PM
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Re: PC is dead
05-06-2008 9:51 PM
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Re: PC is dead
10-06-2008 10:55 AM
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Have contacted Mesh customer support but am still waiting for any kind of reply.
Anyway, thanks for the input.
Re: PC is dead
10-06-2008 12:00 PM
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Re: PC is dead
10-06-2008 3:54 PM
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Quote Logitech Internet 1500 Laser Cordless Desktop Keyboard & Mouse
Hope it isn't really a laser...
Do you have a real keyboard you could use - you might need to press the ANY key or something.
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Re: PC is dead
10-06-2008 4:33 PM
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