spyser
03-10-2002, 03:13 AM
i have a pretty old pc here (pentium/133mhz). the problem i'm having is
whenever the computer tries to reset by itself (without having to press the reset button on the case) the video card doesn't initialize upon restarting and i get an beep error. i have an award bios and according to their page the only time you'll get beep errors is when a video error occurs. the beep error is 1 long beep followed by 3 short beeps. award only mentioned 1 long beep and 2 short beeps - which is a display adapter problem.
so i did a search for award bios error beeps and a few troubleshooting sites said that 1 long beep and 3 short beeps on award bios's indicate that there's no video card or theres bad vram and they suggest either reseating the card or replacing it. so i reseated the card in another pci slot available and nothing. so i tried some other average video card i had laying around and nothing either.
keep in mind, both these cards work, except when the computer resets
itself - video does not come back unless you manually hit the reset button
on the case of just power it off and then back on.
i looked through the bios setup to see if there was any relevant setting
that had to be set, but couldn't really find anything. i also took out all
the other isa cards i had just to make sure.
i'm waiting to get an email back from pcchips (the motherboard
manufacturer) to see if they can help. maybe its a jumper setting? hopefully they have a manual.
if anyone else has had this problem or knows whats the deal with it...PLEASE let me know.
thanks a lot. http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/smile.gif
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whenever the computer tries to reset by itself (without having to press the reset button on the case) the video card doesn't initialize upon restarting and i get an beep error. i have an award bios and according to their page the only time you'll get beep errors is when a video error occurs. the beep error is 1 long beep followed by 3 short beeps. award only mentioned 1 long beep and 2 short beeps - which is a display adapter problem.
so i did a search for award bios error beeps and a few troubleshooting sites said that 1 long beep and 3 short beeps on award bios's indicate that there's no video card or theres bad vram and they suggest either reseating the card or replacing it. so i reseated the card in another pci slot available and nothing. so i tried some other average video card i had laying around and nothing either.
keep in mind, both these cards work, except when the computer resets
itself - video does not come back unless you manually hit the reset button
on the case of just power it off and then back on.
i looked through the bios setup to see if there was any relevant setting
that had to be set, but couldn't really find anything. i also took out all
the other isa cards i had just to make sure.
i'm waiting to get an email back from pcchips (the motherboard
manufacturer) to see if they can help. maybe its a jumper setting? hopefully they have a manual.
if anyone else has had this problem or knows whats the deal with it...PLEASE let me know.
thanks a lot. http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/smile.gif
http://www.PCGuide.com/ubb/smile.gif