PC Funny Sound

[Goh]

Hi Guys, when i switch on my pc, my monitor is not showing anything and the beeps sound comes from the tower itself : beep....beep beep. Any sugesstion whats wrong? I suspect its the graphic card problem as it is not stable after i format my harddisk sometime ago. This sound occurs after i switch from CRT to LCD and now i use back CRT monitor still not working.Thanks

Regards

[-TPM-]

http://www.computerhope.com/beep.htm : 1 long, 2 short Indicates a video error has occurred and the BIOS cannot initialize the video screen to display any additional information.

Try reseating your video card.

[Goh]

how do i reset my video card? pluck it and slot in again? now that i cant access to the OS..i have took the card out and slot in ..seems the same ..does it mean the card is spolit that i have to buy another one ? thanks

[-TPM-]

Yes pull it out, blow any dust from the slot, then push it back in again. Make sure it in all the way. If that doesn't work, you may need a new video card. I'd suggest tring it on another machine if you can, before shelling out the money though.

[Goh]

thanks alot

Regards
Goh

[Goh]

hi guys sorry..have heard the beeps wrongly...it should be like this:
long beep once, beep beep...............beep beep
it seems like one long beep and 4 short beeps with the dots as time interval..the website above does not reflect this type of beeps combination.....and the pc will self restart by itself after a while

[-TPM-]

Hmm well I'd still try pulling out your video card and reinserting it. Maybe do you RAM too. If that doesn't work you could try resetting the BIOS, there's usually a jumper by the battery to do it.