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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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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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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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>
 
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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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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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>