On 29 Aug 2001, at 7:44, Edwin Cohen wrote:
>I volunteered to try to resuscitate the computer of an impecunious
>acquaintance.
>
>The computer is a Packard Bell (ugh) V134, with not bad specs--166 Intel
>chip, win 95, etc.
>
>I hooked it up to good CRT, KB, and mouse.
>
>Upon power-on, I got three beeps, illumination of the power indicator,
>and the fan working.
Dear Edwin,
Well, according to my Pocket PCRef, this could indicate any of the
following problems. You'll need to open the case, and check to see who
the manufacturer of that particular BIOS is.
AMI [American Megatrends Inc]
3 beeps -> Base 64KB or CMOS RAM failled
Mylex or Eurosoft BIOS
3 beeps -> Keyboard controller failure
Quadtel
1 long, 2 short -> Video failure or corrupt peripheral ROM
Tandom
short-short-short -> BIOS RAM checksum failure
Hope this helps,
Anthony J. Albert
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