[Resolved] PC won't boot

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bhall26

Discussion Starter · Mar 29, 2004

I built a PC (Win98SE, PCChips motherboard, Athlon 3000XP CPU, 40 GB HD, 256 RAM.) for my fiancee, who downloaded some software that ended up being spyware, at least according to Ad Aware. She uninstalled the software and kept getting BSOD's until she got frustrated and shut it down.

This morning, she called me, saying that the PC would start but the message on the monitor said "Monitor is in power save mode. Activate using PC." When the PC powers up, the fan turns on, the CD drive light blinks, but the monitor won't do anything but give that message.

Also, the POST gives 3 long beeps instead of the single normal beep.

I've tried the Windows start up disk, I even pulled her hard drive and slaved it in my PC and it worked fine. I'm stumped!

Thanks in advance.

Brian

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Rollin' Rog

· #3 · Mar 29, 2004

It sounds like ram problem. Try removing and reseating the the memory modules. Do the same for the Video card as well, if one is installed.

http://www.hardwarecentral.com/hardwarecentral/tutorials/13/2/

I don't believe Award Bios' have a 3 beep code error, so it's probably AMI

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Rollin' Rog

· #6 · Mar 29, 2004

Jedi Master, I didn't have any idea when I posted, but a little Google research *seems* to indicate that they do not use the Phoenix/Award BIOS'. My inference was just based on the beep pattern reported, not on any particular knowledge of PCChips.

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Rollin' Rog

· #9 · Apr 6, 2004

Sorry to hear about the bad company, but at least we know the problem now

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