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Desktop won't boot, justs beeps 1s every 4-5 secs


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WaverlyJones

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My desktop (emachines T6520) stopped working after a long car drive. When I turned it on, a blue screen popped up and said to restart the pc if this was the first blue screen I've seen. I restarted it then half way through the loading process my pc restarted itself and kept doing this three more times (each one loading a little bit further before restarting itself) before I turned it off. I opened the side of the pc and restarted it. The pc sent no signal to the monitor and beeped for 1 sec every 4-5 secs for a minute. I tried looking for a repetitiousness beep code meaning but it is like Greek to me.

Perhaps the jostling during the car drive did something?

When I opened the side of pc, i noticed quite a bit of dust. Should I grab some dust-off?

Thank you for any assistance.

Have a wonderful Memorial Weekend!
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phillpower2

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Hi WaverlyJones :)
It is possible that whilst in transit something has become loose, possibly the Ram or an add on card.
See my canned text below for help in both the cleaning out of the dust bunnies and checking that all connections and contacts are secure;

If the computer needs cleaning out, first remove the power cord from the wall and open up the case, take anti static precautions before touching anything inside, you can do this by touching a bare metal part of the case, remove the video card, blow out the slot and re-seat the card securely, do the same with the memory sticks, clean all internal fans, if you use canned compressed air do not let any fan spin freely this can damage them, use something like a clean lollipop stick to hold the fan.
Make sure all internal connections are secure and that there are no loose components, write down the psu details (make and model) re-assemble the computer, boot up and see how it goes.
Hopefully this will get you up and running and let us know or if we can help you further.
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