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edoc Posts 1 Registration date Tuesday December 2, 2014 Status Member Last seen December 2, 2014 - Dec 2, 2014 at 03:35 PM
xpcman Posts 19528 Registration date Wednesday October 8, 2008 Status Contributor Last seen June 15, 2019 - Dec 2, 2014 at 07:12 PM
My wife and I returned home from a week visiting family. When I tried to turn my computer (a compaq presario purchased in '06) all that happened was that the fan ran at a high speed and a beep tone sounded every second. -- beep ---quiet for a second --- beep etc. I took out the plug put it back in and tried again. Same thing happened. I have since removed the cover vacuumed out all dust, disconnected mouse,keyboard,monitor and tried again. beep --- quiet -- beep. I get nothing on the monitor, no blue screen, nothing but a fast fan and beep. Does anyone have any ideas on how to correct this?

Thanks,
Ed

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xpcman Posts 19528 Registration date Wednesday October 8, 2008 Status Contributor Last seen June 15, 2019 1,825
Dec 2, 2014 at 07:12 PM
A single beep is often caused by a memory card failure. If you have more than one memory card I suggest you try removing one and try to boot again.

Good Luck
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