hi i have an acer aspire 3690 and i've had windows XP on it... when it starts up though and the screen saying 'acer' comes up the blue loading bar get's stuck half way and gives this wierd beeping noise.... at first i was scared but then i pressed F2 and it just went on to load windows..... this was a few days back... today i formatted my computer and installed windows XP but this sound didn't go away.... what is happening...??? pls help....
Go into your BIOS settings and set everything to default. Save and Exit. If this doesn't solve the issue, verify your BIOS version (Phoenix, Award...), and the number of beeps to hear. Then, go here to see what the beeps mean.