EricW Posted September 18, 2010 Share Posted September 18, 2010 well, i turned my PC on this afternoon,, nothing abnormal to report, then while in windows mode, the top of my screen went all weird and "broken up" i couldnt access control panel or the event viewer to see what went wrong, i tried plugging my T.V into it and no response from it, i tried restarting it and the PC posted with1 long beep 2 short beeps wich is in my books a graphic card or monitor failure, but is it a graphic card failure or a monitorfailure, just incase i replace something perfectly fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocky Posted September 18, 2010 Share Posted September 18, 2010 This is probably one of those cases where you want to beg borrow or steal a monitor or graphics card to swap into your system for a process of elimination. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricW Posted September 18, 2010 Author Share Posted September 18, 2010 okay i'll try and ask lil when she is out if she knows anyone willing to let me borrow one, i'll think i'll go for ATI next time they seem to have better cards for cheaper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrowmanUK Posted September 19, 2010 Share Posted September 19, 2010 I'd say video card mate, if the monitor had failed you wouldnt get beeps from the bios, it doesnt pick up if attached devices have failed or not, dont suppose your motherboards got onboard graphics that you could test it with? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROCO*AFZ* Posted September 20, 2010 Share Posted September 20, 2010 Bad or mis seated memory can also do beeps similar. for an easy free test, remove all ram except slot 1 then replace it from one you took out. see if it boots. if it does, replace the other to see if it works. if it does then it wasn't in tight. if it doesn;t you have a bad ram stick. If neither fixes it then it has to be video Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricW Posted September 20, 2010 Author Share Posted September 20, 2010 (edited) thanks guys the RAM was seated great roco, thanks for the advice though. lil got back from hospital yesterday and the first thing she asked, was "did you plug the DVI cable into it?" and i answered yes and she said that, the dvi cable was faulty and she had been through many GFX cards because of that one cable, she was meant to dispose of it but she didnt get around to it. we'll get our ATI card hopefully soon. Edited September 20, 2010 by EricW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROCO*AFZ* Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 thanks guys the RAM was seated great roco, thanks for the advice though. lil got back from hospital yesterday and the first thing she asked, was "did you plug the DVI cable into it?" and i answered yes and she said that, the dvi cable was faulty and she had been through many GFX cards because of that one cable, she was meant to dispose of it but she didnt get around to it. we'll get our ATI card hopefully soon. OMG LOL... i don't think i have ever seen a faulty video cable, DVI or vga. it must have made a major short because i wouldn't have thought that you would get a beep code. If you have an adapter you can use a vga cable until you replace it, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 EricW If you need another DVI cable let me know and I'll post one off to you. I have several spares. Anthony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricW Posted September 21, 2010 Author Share Posted September 21, 2010 thanks anthony, i'll give you a shout if i need any i usually need the dvi cable for dual monitor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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