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More info?)
Thanks for the update. I'm going over to his house tonight
and see what happens.
Thanks again,
Rick
>-----Original Message-----
>You can count the number of beeps and it can tell you or
give you an
>idea as to what the problem might be. If it just does
beep-beep
>endlessly that might be another clue as to what is wrong,
I'm not sure.
> If it just does two beeps (beep-beep) it means Wiley
Coyote isn't too
>far and that there are birdseeds on the road somewhere
Better hurry
>or an anvil might fall on your head!
>
>You can search Compaq or the net for beep codes, here is
one such site:
>
http://www.hispider.com/?q=beep+code or
>http://www.bioscentral.com/beepcodes/compaqbeep.htm for
Compaq.
>
>If he doesn't have a diagnostic diskette he might be able
to find one on
>the Compaq website or from PC Certify.
>
>John
>
>Rick wrote:
>
>> After you hit F1 the beeping stops and windows comes up and
>> you can run programs. It is doing a beep beep beep Etc. I
>> will have to ask him if he has a diagnostic diskette.
>>
>> Rick
>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>When you hit F1 the beeping quits and? Does it just hang
>>
>> there with a
>>
>>>blank screen or what? Does it do beep-beep or does it do
>>
>> a continous
>>
>>>beeping sound? Continous beeping or never ending
>>
>> beep-beeps is usually
>>
>>>bad news, a hardware failure of some sort. Does he have a
>>
>> hardware
>>
>>>diagnostic diskette? Can he boot to DOS?
>>>
>>>John
>>>
>>>Rick wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>My neighbor called me last night and I went over to his
>>>>house. He has a compaq computer running Windows ME that
>>>>started to have the following problem. When he boots the
>>>>PC it boots and just when the screen goes blank and the
>>>>ME Screen comes up the PC starts beeping. If you hit the
>>>>F1 key the beeping will quit.
>>>>Any ideas?
>>>>
>>>>Thanks,
>>>>Rick
>>>
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