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Sorry but I don't know if this goes into this forum or the hardware one so i'm sorry.

Ok, I went to turn my computer off this afternoon by going to START > Turn off Computer > Turn Off. I then went to turn it on no longer than 20 minutes ago and this is what happened. and I've tried one more time and it did the same thing.

I press the "Power button" and aftetr like 2 seconds there preceeds to be a long "BEEEEEEEEEEEP, followed by another long "BEEEEEEEEEEEP" and it just continues to do that till I either restart my computer or turn if off. If I restart the cpu it just does the same thing.

During the long "BEEPING" the green power button is on as well as the yellow light when press the restart button.

I'm pritty sure it wasn't a virus since I'm a little to paranoid about those and I scan with 2 programs every afternoon when I go to work from 11-2.

Also nothing shows up on the computer screne though If it couldn't find a graphic card driver I think it does a series of certain beeps and not a long beep after another.

I use Adaware SE Pro and Bullguard for virus scans and bullguard for firewall as well

Here are my ststem specs if needed, whjich I assume are
- V2 PREMIER
- Windows XP Home
- 3.2 GH P4 Processor w/HT Tech
- 1024 MB HyperX DDR 400MHz DIMM 2-2-2-5 (2x 512 MB Sticks)
- NVIDIA GeForce FX 5500 OC 256 MB

That's about all the info I know off hand

Sounds like it could be your RAM.

I would take out the RAM sticks, make sure they're not dirty, and stick 'em back in, making sure they are both in properly.

Also check your video card, could be that too.

ok, i'll go up to check them now.

made sure both were clean and inserted correctly and still doesn't work >.<

I'm not sure what version of BIOS you have, but check this link

http://www.computerhope.com/beep.htm

And if not, try this one

http://www.pchell.com/hardware/beepcodes.shtml

all I get is one long beep. stopped counting after 1he 15th one.

I looked on the site and I couldn't fine anything for just one long beep, 2 long beeps, but IBM did have one for three long beeps.

And if I have an IBM one, could be a keyboard card Error

I don't know the specific manufacturer *sp* I have. Any way to tell w/o turning the cpu on? Got the CPU as a about a month ago and don't know any of the specifics except for the stuff that I put in it

Couple questions...

Did you make any changes at all before you shut off your computer for the last time? Does the monitor display anything at all? Do you know what kind of motherboard is in the PC?

The second website under IBM it had a continuous beep which stated either ...

Power supply (doesn't seem like the problem but might be), system board, or keyboard problem

did I make any changes ... no I didn't

Motherboard ... Sorry don't know brand of motherboard as I didn't buy the computer but got it as a gift about a month ago and only the things I've put in it I know the information to. >.<

Well, that's odd

I don't know why your PC would be doing this, but my guess would be that you have a faulty power supply somewhere, or something is wrong with the video card. Since it was working before, and you haven't made any changes, I don't think it's the video card.

But maybe someone else has a better idea....

thanks for the help. over at Computer Technology Forums two different peopel suggested that it maybe the same thing so I guess I'll take it in and have it looked at.

thanks for the help though ^^

No problem

I would give it a day or two in the forum though, to see if anyone can help you out.

Yeah, I think i'll do that

The beep could be a high temperature warning on your cpu. check to see that some free floating wire isn't stuck in the cpu fan. Then if it isn't, check to see if the temperature warning in the bios is set to too low a value