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Solve : HP Pavilion a1600a won't start? |
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Answer» Everything working great yesterday. I turned PC off around 10am because we were leaving for a day trip and for some reason I thought it would be good to turn it off since I have not done that for a very long time. Usually I just log out. This morning I tried to start it and the monitor won't come on and I can hear a faint beep coming from the tower. OS is WinXP. Any ideas? Thanks.I've done some google searches and discovered incessant beeping is probably related to a RAM problem. Since my PC is 6 years old, should I pay someone to fix it or put my money towards a new PC? since I have not done that for a very long time. You haven't turned off the PC for a long time? Do you always have it turned on? Yes, always turned on although the energy saver often has it hibernating. The beep doesn't come from the speakers - it comes from the power supply box ( don't know correct term ). Quote from: artbuc on March 05, 2012, 08:47:19 AM Yes, always turned on although the energy saver often has it hibernating. The beep doesn't come from the speakers - it comes from the power supply box ( don't know correct term ). Yeah, that's what I thought. You could look into replacing the PSU. Installing a cheap replacement PSU will let you know if the rest of the PC is in ORDER and might allow you to keep using the PC until you're reading to replace it.OK. I have 1 GB RAM - 240 pin, DDR2 SDRAM. Max RAM is 4 GB. I have 4 slots -2 are blue and 2 are black. I have two RAM cards in the blue slots. As a test, I removed one RAM card. The beeps stopped and my monitor came on. However, my mouse doesn't work! Am I getting closer? Does this mean I have a bad RAM card? Next I will swap the RAM cards and see what happens.Getting closer!! Put the good RAM card in the other blue slot and my computer now works although slow with just one card. Is it possible that the mouse can only work from one RAM slot?No... Run MEMTEST on 1 RAM card at a time... This will tell you if the stik(s) are bad. It should run at least 1 hour per stik. There are instructions at the site to create a bootable CD...this is the proper way to run it. Quote from: artbuc on March 05, 2012, 09:52:55 AM OK. I have 1 GB RAM - 240 pin, DDR2 SDRAM. Max RAM is 4 GB. I have 4 slots -2 are blue and 2 are black. I have two RAM cards in the blue slots. As a test, I removed one RAM card. The beeps stopped and my monitor came on. However, my mouse doesn't work! Am I getting closer? Does this mean I have a bad RAM card? Next I will swap the RAM cards and see what happens. Ah, with speakers you meant the stereo speakers on your desk and with power supply box you meant the computer case... I get it now. Quote Getting closer!! Put the good RAM card in the other blue slot and my computer now works although slow with just one card. Is it possible that the mouse can only work from one RAM slot? Are you saying your mouse isn't working? Thanks Patio. I just got off the PHONE with a RAM stick supplier and he also said mouse should run with one RAM stick in either slot. Don't know how I can run the test on what appears to be the bad stick because the computer won't run with it. I'll search for the instructions on running the test but can you give me a link or point me in the right direction? Thanks.Thanks Raptor. I am getting a little punch drunk. I just checked everything again and the mouse DOES work with a "good" stick in either slot.Yeah, same colour slots are most LIKELY used for dual channel and preferable to mixing colours. (Only with identical RAM, though.) Is it a PS/2 or a USB mouse? Does your one good stick pass Memtest86? Raptor, please see my edited post above. I have not yet figured out how to do the memory test. I am working from my wife's iPad and it is a PITA! Quote from: artbuc on March 05, 2012, 10:58:41 AM Raptor, please see my edited post above. I have not yet figured out how to do the memory test. I am working from my wife's iPad and it is a PITA! The memory test is an image that you can burn onto a CD using a program like XPBurner http://www.memtest86.com/ (Go to Free Download) Then you boot from the CD-ROM and it pretty much just tests the memory. When a cycle has completed, it'll start on cycle 2. One cycle is usually enough to tell if a module is faulty or not but the longer you test, the more accurate the feedback. I'm not sure how you would go about doing this from an Ipad. I guess you could make a bootable USB stick but don't ask me how with Apple. I can get a couple 1 GB sticks for $35-40. Worth a try. Thanks to you and Patio for your help. I 'll let you know what happens. |
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