1 Long and 2 short beeps - Graphics card suddenly not working!

univerze

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Hello everyone!

I've never had any problem with my GTX 550 Ti
in the past 2-3 years, but I was playing a game about a week ago and
when I clicked "exit", boom.. my monitor went completely black.

I couldn't see my desktop, or anything at all.
I restarted my computer, but my mobo made
one long and two short beeps, really fast.

Then about the sounds my computer made, it seemed
like the boot up process went on fine,
but my monitor got absolutely no signal.

I'm using my brother's graphics card at the moment,
because he's abroad, and he has the same exact model,
though mine is customized a little bit, it has better fans.

It's working with his card, but I can use
this for a limited time only.

I've read many threads about this,
and unfortunately I don't have onboard graphics.

Any help or advice is greatly appreciated.

My main specs :
Mobo : Gigabyte EP45-DS3r
CPU : Intel Core 2 Duo E7300
Memory : 3GB
PSU : Chieftec GPS-350FB-101 A
Graphics : Gigabyte GeForce GTX 550 Ti

Thank you in advance!
English is not my main language, sorry
about any mistakes I may have made.. :)

*EDIT*
Just checked this out..
If I don't put a graphics card in the PCI-e slot, it makes the same beep code, so I hope my card can be saved.. :)
 
Solution
From gigabyte support:

1.AWARD BIOS 1short beep :System normal 2 short beep :CMOS Error 1 long beep and 1 short beep:Memory error 1 long beep and 2 short beep:Graphic card error 1 long beep and 3 short beep :AGP error 1 long beep and 9 short beep :Memory Error Continuous long beep :Memory not correctly installed Continuous short beep :Power supply unit failed 2.AMI BIOS 1 short beep :Memory Error 2 short beep:Memory parity check error. 3 short beep :basic memory 64K address check error 4 short beep :Real Time Clock malfunction . 5 short beep :CPU error 6 short beep:Keyboard error 7 short beep :CPU interruption error 8 short beep:Graphic card error 9 short beep :Memory error 10 short beep :CMOS error 11 short beep :CPU cache memory...

dkulprit

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From gigabyte support:

1.AWARD BIOS 1short beep :System normal 2 short beep :CMOS Error 1 long beep and 1 short beep:Memory error 1 long beep and 2 short beep:Graphic card error 1 long beep and 3 short beep :AGP error 1 long beep and 9 short beep :Memory Error Continuous long beep :Memory not correctly installed Continuous short beep :Power supply unit failed 2.AMI BIOS 1 short beep :Memory Error 2 short beep:Memory parity check error. 3 short beep :basic memory 64K address check error 4 short beep :Real Time Clock malfunction . 5 short beep :CPU error 6 short beep:Keyboard error 7 short beep :CPU interruption error 8 short beep:Graphic card error 9 short beep :Memory error 10 short beep :CMOS error 11 short beep :CPU cache memory malfunction

So 1 short 2 long is memory error
 
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