Problem with system

[sir nerdalot]

I have a problem with a system running Win98. The system speaker, when I turn the system on, emits one long beep, then a pause, then another one, etc....
The BIOS chip says "Award 066428354 PCI/PnP-586 BIOS".
The BIOS chip is from around 1995 or so.
The CPU has NOT been overclocked.
One of the floppy disk power cables is damaged so sometimes it shorts out the computer if it touches the case.

Changes I have made since it worked:
-Taken out HDD to format in other computer, then put it back in.
-Taken out a RAM stick (unknown type)
-Taken out 5.25" Floppy drive
-Put in CD Drive 52x Max.
-Taken out Network card
-Taken out scanner card AFTER the computer stopped working.

We took all the drives out and all the cards (PCI, ISA etc) and all the RAM and it still beeps. We took the CPU out and it didn't beep at all. When everything was working it beeped once.

 

[SYL\X/3K]

AWARD BIOS
1 Long Beep: Memory problem <award1-c.html>

1 Long, then 2 Short Beeps: Video error <awardB12-c.html>

1 Long, then 3 Short Beeps: Video error <awardB13-c.html>

Continuous Beeping: Memory or video problem <awardContinuous-c.html>



~u might of putten the RAM in the wrong slot thats why it beeps~

 

[sir nerdalot]

Well it's 72 pin RAM so I don't think it's in the wrong slot, maybe it's in backwards. Thanks so much for help I'll try different RAM stick maybe.

 

[SYL\X/3K]

These are slots, if u hav only one slot then u cant make a mistake unless backwards.

urs is the white ones, u may of putten it in the wrong one

 

[sir nerdalot]

Yes well I've worked out the problem and how to fix it but thanks everyone. The problem was when it was working there were 2 RAM sticks. One got taken out so the system complained. But I've put the other stick in and it boots up properly. All I need now is to find a working copy of Windows 98, the one I used is all scratched (it was a burnt copy)