[tmac2488]

its been a while since i have posted anything but now i have a true problem. I just upgraded my ram from 2x512kb to 2x1gb which is said to be the maximum for my computer. Computer worked booted up and was sorta slugish, so i restarted it and checked the bios. I went through and checked everything and upon me exiting the bios menu the computer shutdown and tried to reboot but it just gives me the evil 3 beeps and will not do anything else please help!!! I have gone and checked and rechecked and even swapped to the original ram and it does the same thing each time.

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Hi there tmac2488

These beep codes you are getting are these long beeps or short beeps?

I would try one of 2 things

re-seat your ram and make sure it is in firmly
check your keyboard

I would check them first and also make sure everything else is ok, also if you have a spare ketyboard try that bios beep codes to vary from manufacturer to manufacturer but I would firstly check your ram.

Regards

Edited by wizzy2k5, 04 June 2008 - 07:33 PM.

[wizzy2k5]

Hi there tmac2488

These beep codes you are getting are these long beeps or short beeps?

I would try one of 2 things

re-seat your ram and make sure it is in firmly
check your keyboard

I would check them first and also make sure everything else is ok, also if you have a spare ketyboard try that bios beep codes to vary from manufacturer to manufacturer but I would firstly check your ram.

Regards

Edited by wizzy2k5, 04 June 2008 - 07:33 PM.

[tmac2488]

checked both ways and still 3 longs beeps

[wizzy2k5]

Hello tmac2488

I noticed in your first post you said you recently upgraded your ram and I would like you to try putting the old ram back in for me and see if you get the same thing, if you do I would think you have got faulty ram but just to make sure I would like you to download and run memtest you can download memtest from here

regards

[tmac2488]

how am i to run anything if the computer will not work. i have tried both sets of ram and neither changes a thing. All i did other than change the ram was go into the bios and change the memory configuration from 533 to 667 how would i go about reseting the bios to default

[wizzy2k5]

Hello tmac2488

To reset your bios turn the machine off and take the battery out of the motherboard. (its round so you will have no problems finding this) and then put it back in, i normally wait a few seconds.

In your bios you may have a setting called loads factory defaults / loads failsafe defaults you could also try that

To confirm memtest is not ran when the pc is in normal mode this is ran off a cd and the iso can be found here but you will need to burn this on another pc. memtest

But like you said try resetting the bios first.

Regards

[tmac2488]

i have removed the battery and left it out for several mins and when i power it on it immediatly gives 3 beeps the same as before

[tmac2488]

can anyone tell me exactly what to do without leaving out any steps as to reset the bios on an emachines w3609

[dsenette]

like reset it back to defaults? 2 options....

#1 unplug the PC, open the case, pop the CMOS battery (looks like a watch battery) out of the motherboard, hold the power button in for 30 seconds or so, put it back in, then plug the pc back in and start it up, you'll have to reset the system time in the bios after that


#2 boot the PC and when the bios splash screen shows up press the button that your system tells you to press to get into setup (usually f2 or del), once in bios find the key you have to press to load failsafe defaults (usually on the "exit" page)

[tmac2488]

i have tried to remove the battery and i have let it sit for an extended period of time and still nothing happens. i would just go into the bios itself but the computer on power up does nothing more than turn the fans on and give me 3 long beeps. i have checked and rechecked ram & video cards and all other connectors and have had no luck at all any suggestions.

[dsenette]

well...then reseting the bios won't help (plus...if you removed the battery then the bios was reset)

3 beeps TENDS to be RAM issues (all bios revisions can be different so it's always a best guess)

what method did you use to check the ram?

[tmac2488]

i have no way to check the ram. i know its good cause my computer worked the first time i booted up after i installed it. the computer was running very slugish so i went into the bios and looked at everything seeing if i could notice a major difference from normal. the only thing that had changed was the memory configuration from 533mhz to 667mhz when i exited the bios it went black and started beeping

[dsenette]

i know its good cause my computer worked the first time i booted up after i installed it.

never use that as proof of a working component

how many sticks of ram are in the machine?

[tmac2488]

2x1gb sticks

[dsenette]

the only thing that had changed was the memory configuration from 533mhz to 667mhz when i exited the bios it went black and started beeping

did you make that change or did it do it on it's own


turn the machine off...take one of the sticks of ram out and boot the computer....does it boot up? if so turn it off and swap the sticks and try again....basically get down to one stick of ram in the machine at a time and see if either causes the error when in there by themselves