I am having trouble helping someone to fix a computer. Right now I can't identify what is the beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep (1 long continuous non-stop beep) after POST mean. The PC can boot up to check ram, enter cmos etc, but as soon as it try to get past POST, this beep happen, leaving the screen with pure black with a blinking "_".
I was able to get the PC to boot up with a different hard drive. (replacing ONLY the hard drive)
I also took the hard drive out to run scandisk (windows), chkdsk (command prompt), seagate's seatool test (all test except advance test). No problem detected. (the PC with the problem can also identify the HD)
I plan to go out later to buy some spare DDR3 (have none currently), to test if it really is the RAM; but, it doesn't make sense that I can boot up 100% fine with this same ram with a different hard drive.
It is a gateway sx2800-01
Gateway SX2800-01 Desktop Computer - 2.33 GHz - Slim Tower - product summary - Bing Shopping
I was able to get the PC to boot up with a different hard drive. (replacing ONLY the hard drive)
I also took the hard drive out to run scandisk (windows), chkdsk (command prompt), seagate's seatool test (all test except advance test). No problem detected. (the PC with the problem can also identify the HD)
I plan to go out later to buy some spare DDR3 (have none currently), to test if it really is the RAM; but, it doesn't make sense that I can boot up 100% fine with this same ram with a different hard drive.
It is a gateway sx2800-01
Gateway SX2800-01 Desktop Computer - 2.33 GHz - Slim Tower - product summary - Bing Shopping