My computer is beeping but works fine?

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KiwiFalcon

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Hey I had this problem before but never got a good answer and now it happened again.

I start up my PC and great 6 beeps and the power button is orange. From my computer knowledge I assume this means the POST is saying I have a processor issue, but guess what, right after the 6th beep, 1 second passes and then Windows starts up. What is going on with my computer?
 
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skit75

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Need more information like motherboard, power supply models.

My guess would be something along the lines of the maybe the return voltage from the motherboard to the PSU is keeping a vital turn-on rail voltage, off.

I've played chicken with the OverCurrent protections of power supplies quite a few times (wiping multiple drives on a Dell 350W supply) and I get a similar symptom until I remove one more hard drive allowing the current spike to not trigger the protections built into the power supply. I can get all the hard drives powered if I let a few spin up at first and then add others but having them all on simultaneously pulls too much current from a power Off to a power On state.

Your symptom is somewhat similar but has a different cause... most likely related to the motherboard & or PSU.
 
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