KILTIECAULDBUM
12-Jan-14, 23:50
Hi.
Looking for suggestions before I pull my hair out, lol.
I have an HP desktop, model t3725.uk running windows Vista. It was given to me a few months ago and was told it was running fine at that point. Tried starting it up tonight and got the following problems;
I checked all leads etc. to make sure they weren't loose.
It would start up, fans spinning etc. but blank screen and was beeping one short, then one long beep.
I believe this means a problem with the RAM? So I removed 1st stick (2 x 1GB installed) and tried again, same thing same beeps.
I put the first stick back, then removed the 2nd stick. Restarted, same thing same beeps.
I removed both sticks and swapped them over. Restarted, same thing same beeps.
I removed 1st stick again. Restarted, no beeps but screen is still blank?
I unplugged the monitor, waited 30 seconds, then plugged it back in.
Restarted the PC, started beeping again as above??????
I also tried resetting the bios to default (one of the times it started without the beeps) by pressing F10, F5, and enter etc. blind obviously, but still no joy?
I have tested the monitor on another PC and it works fine.
It seems I either get the beeps and blank screen, or no beeps and blank screen?
I'm sure I have a couple of old HP graphics cards somewhere (it just has onboard at the moment), so was going to try installing one of them tomorrow maybe?
Has anyone got any other ideas?
Thanks if you can help?
Cheers.
Looking for suggestions before I pull my hair out, lol.
I have an HP desktop, model t3725.uk running windows Vista. It was given to me a few months ago and was told it was running fine at that point. Tried starting it up tonight and got the following problems;
I checked all leads etc. to make sure they weren't loose.
It would start up, fans spinning etc. but blank screen and was beeping one short, then one long beep.
I believe this means a problem with the RAM? So I removed 1st stick (2 x 1GB installed) and tried again, same thing same beeps.
I put the first stick back, then removed the 2nd stick. Restarted, same thing same beeps.
I removed both sticks and swapped them over. Restarted, same thing same beeps.
I removed 1st stick again. Restarted, no beeps but screen is still blank?
I unplugged the monitor, waited 30 seconds, then plugged it back in.
Restarted the PC, started beeping again as above??????
I also tried resetting the bios to default (one of the times it started without the beeps) by pressing F10, F5, and enter etc. blind obviously, but still no joy?
I have tested the monitor on another PC and it works fine.
It seems I either get the beeps and blank screen, or no beeps and blank screen?
I'm sure I have a couple of old HP graphics cards somewhere (it just has onboard at the moment), so was going to try installing one of them tomorrow maybe?
Has anyone got any other ideas?
Thanks if you can help?
Cheers.