beep code question , emachine, circa Jan 2006

Hi,
the e-machine was sent back to the factory 3 times under warrenty. replaced
mobo, cdrw, and i don't know what the third problem was. Has an Athlon 64
in it.

Now it doesn't boot.
The owner reports that when he turns it on it beeps. It is a single, long,
recurring beep, About a second of a beep, and a second of a pause, and it
does this until he turns it off.

Can anyone tell me what this signifies? I don't have specs on the machine.
Thanks,
Mike

"~Mike Hollywood" <bogus@nowhere.org> wrote in message
news:Vy6_h.22464$qB4.2200@bignews3.bellsouth.net.. .
> Hi,
> the e-machine was sent back to the factory 3 times under warrenty.
> replaced mobo, cdrw, and i don't know what the third problem was. Has an
> Athlon 64 in it.
>
> Now it doesn't boot.
> The owner reports that when he turns it on it beeps. It is a single,
> long, recurring beep, About a second of a beep, and a second of a pause,
> and it does this until he turns it off.
>
> Can anyone tell me what this signifies? I don't have specs on the
> machine.
> Thanks,
> Mike
Memory problem. Remove, clean and reseat memory modules. If more than
one, try one at a time.

Mike.

hey michael!
Thanks a million.
mike

"Michael Hawes" <michael.hawes1remove@tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message
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>
> "~Mike Hollywood" <bogus@nowhere.org> wrote in message
> news:Vy6_h.22464$qB4.2200@bignews3.bellsouth.net.. .
>> Hi,
>> the e-machine was sent back to the factory 3 times under warrenty.
>> replaced mobo, cdrw, and i don't know what the third problem was. Has an
>> Athlon 64 in it.
>>
>> Now it doesn't boot.
>> The owner reports that when he turns it on it beeps. It is a single,
>> long, recurring beep, About a second of a beep, and a second of a
>> pause, and it does this until he turns it off.
>>
>> Can anyone tell me what this signifies? I don't have specs on the
>> machine.
>> Thanks,
>> Mike
> Memory problem. Remove, clean and reseat memory modules. If more than
> one, try one at a time.
>
> Mike.
>

Here's a good reference point.Has codes from dfifferent makers BIOS.

http://www.webopedia.com/quick_ref/BIOSBeepCodes.asp

"~Mike Hollywood" <bogus@nowhere.org> wrote in message
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> hey michael!
> Thanks a million.
> mike
>
> "Michael Hawes" <michael.hawes1remove@tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:46390b3c$1_1@mk-nntp-2.news.uk.tiscali.com...
> >
> > "~Mike Hollywood" <bogus@nowhere.org> wrote in message
> > news:Vy6_h.22464$qB4.2200@bignews3.bellsouth.net.. .
> >> Hi,
> >> the e-machine was sent back to the factory 3 times under warrenty.
> >> replaced mobo, cdrw, and i don't know what the third problem was. Has
an
> >> Athlon 64 in it.
> >>
> >> Now it doesn't boot.
> >> The owner reports that when he turns it on it beeps. It is a single,
> >> long, recurring beep, About a second of a beep, and a second of a
> >> pause, and it does this until he turns it off.
> >>
> >> Can anyone tell me what this signifies? I don't have specs on the
> >> machine.
> >> Thanks,
> >> Mike
> > Memory problem. Remove, clean and reseat memory modules. If more than
> > one, try one at a time.
> >
> > Mike.
> >
>
>