I am running windows vista 32-bit

I was working on my PC late last night, and when i was done - i shut it down.  Never had a PC PROBLEM with it up to this point aside from the occasional hiccup it would get when trying to boot up (sometimes it'd randomly freeze on boot up)



Well, now.....when i started it back up this morning - there was a huge problem.

It cycles through the hardware information like normal, and gets to the dell screen that shows a loading bar, and 1/2 through - it emits a very loud, long, and non-stop beeping NOISE from the machine its self (think the bios beep, but repeating its self forever) and the PC won't boot.

My PC does not have an A: drive, so i USED my laptop to create a boot CD
But i can't get the PC to boot from CD
I can't get it to enter boot options or setup

I have no idea where to go next to CONTINUE finding out whats wrong with it.

Any ideas?Open the case. Re-seat RAM, and video card (if any).
If that doesn't help, and you have more than 1 RAM stick, try starting the computer with one stick at a time.well - i got home after work today - turned it on and it fired right up.

So once i was in - i quickly updated my BIOS and the drivers for my chipset (along with a few other non-urgent ones)

I ran checkdisk and defragged the HD


all seems to be fine now :|

Very strangeStrange indeed...
However, keep it that way ONE STEP AT A TIME AS 1 PROBLEM CAN BECOME MANY TRUST ME MY 50 BUCK BOMB HAS TAUGHT ME THE HARD WAY!! WELL DONE ALL THE SAMEhuh?(car or computer as above i refered to my car) QUOTE from: bpruitt on March 05, 2009, 07:55:28 AM

well - i got home after work today - turned it on and it fired right up.

So once i was in - i quickly updated my BIOS and the drivers for my chipset (along with a few other non-urgent ones)

I ran checkdisk and defragged the HD


all seems to be fine now :|

Very strange

huh?