Hello, Check your memory. Pull them out and put them all back in.
1 long and 3 short usually means a memory error. Regards, On February 26, 2013 at 4:31 PM Brian Weeden <[email protected]> wrote: > Got the new power supply in and just as I'd feared it still doesn't work. > I get the 1 long beep, 3 short beep error (memory) and the onboard > diagnostic gives a 8.7. error (check CPU core voltage). It could be the > motherboard but at this point I think I'm just going to bite the bullet and > build a new machine. > > Yay! Time to spec and build a new machine! > > > > --------- > Brian > > > > On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 2:37 PM, Winterlight > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > I have had similar episodes that turned out to be the video fan.... > > happened to me twice... and the CPU fan ... happened to me once. The fans > > don't die they just slow down and stop pushing enough air. The MB over > > heats and shuts down the computer and every thing feels and smells hot. > > Good luck. > > > > w > > > > > > > > At 07:42 AM 2/25/2013, you wrote: > > > >> Was working on a paper this morning and suddenly my desktop computer > >> powered off by itself. This is a Q6600 machine that I built a few years > >> ago and has been in nearly constant use since then with little to no > >> trouble. It's been rock-sold and aside from upgrading the video card a > >> year ago I haven't had to touch it. > >> > >> I waited a few seconds, then hit the power button. It came back on > >> briefly > >> and then shut off again, followed by the smell of overheated electronics. > >> > >> Disconnected the power and opened it up. Nothing was visibly smoking. > >> Took everything apart. Inspected the CPU and it appeared ok. Replaced > >> the thermal compound and re-seated the heatsink. Smell appeared to be > >> coming from the power supply but I can't be positive. > >> > >> Put the bare essentials backtogether (CPU, RAM, video card) and powered it > >> back on. Getting a variety of beep and error codes from the on-board > >> diagnostic unit. At first there was a 1 long, 3 short beep code for the > >> RAM . Reseated and it's gone. POST sequence was hanging on 8.7. (Check > >> CPU > >> Voltage) and now it's hanging on 8.2. (Check Power Supply). > >> > >> I get the sense that perhaps the power supply went bad. However, I really > >> can't afford to be down on this system very long, so if I'm going to order > >> parts I want to do it as soon as possible and not go through a long > >> trouble-shooting process. > >> > >> Thoughts from the collective? Is it likely that if the power supply is > >> indeed the culprit that the damage was contained there? Or should I be > >> worried about the CPU, RAM, mobo, etc? > >> > >> > >> --------- > >> Brian > >> > > > > Tim Lider Sr. Data Recovery Specialist Advanced Data Solutions, LLC http://www.adv-data.com [email protected]
