Bad crash

[jabr at abreau.net (John Abreau)]

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David Kramer <david at thekramers.net> writes:

> If it turns out to be the CPU fan or the power supply, let me know and maybe I 
> already have what you need lying around.
> 
> The beeping behavior and auto shutdown like that are usually indicative of 
> either the motherboard or power supply thinking (right or wrong) that the 
> power is bad, or defective RAM.  I might be able to lend you RAM.
> 
> Have you looked up the beep codes for your BIOS yet?

Yes, the extended beep meant either the memory wasn't seated properly 
or the power supply was bad. The code for a bad CPU fan would have been 
four short beeps.

Phil Molloy looked at it, and he's convinced that the motherboard is fried.
He didn't have a spare CPU fan on hand, though. If you have one that will
fit my CPU, it wouldn't hurt to give it a try. It's a Socket-A Athlon 
T-bird 1.2GHz.



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