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sdaubs · 18-06-2008, 01:36 PM

I built a computer in March using Sharky's High End Gaming system as my basis. It has been working fine for two months with no issues (other than the usual Vista growing pains). Last night, I tried to turn on the computer and it stopped before it POSTed and beeped a solid long beep of about 20 seconds, paused for about 3 seconds and did it again. It repeated this several times during the evening.

I've tried Googling a long beep (which I think is from the motherboard but I'm just guessing) but haven't found anything good. Does anyone have an idea as to what to look for?

18-06-2008, 01:36 PM	#1 (permalink) Top
sdaubs Geek Trainee Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 3 Status: Offline	20 second beep before POST? I built a computer in March using Sharky's High End Gaming system as my basis. It has been working fine for two months with no issues (other than the usual Vista growing pains). Last night, I tried to turn on the computer and it stopped before it POSTed and beeped a solid long beep of about 20 seconds, paused for about 3 seconds and did it again. It repeated this several times during the evening. I've tried Googling a long beep (which I think is from the motherboard but I'm just guessing) but haven't found anything good. Does anyone have an idea as to what to look for?