beeping help

[uncleglenny]

ok when i turned my pc on today it beeped 1 long and 4 short beeps and it wouldnt boot up, shut it off try again everything is fine, why did it beep its never done it before?

[mjc]

Some info would be nice...basics...CPU/motherboard, custom/store bought, etc...

[uncleglenny]

ok its a store bought hp heres the info


Motherboard:
CPU Type Intel Pentium 4, 2400 MHz (18 x 133)
Motherboard Name Asus P4SD-LA (3 PCI, 1 AGP, 4 DDR DIMM, Audio, Video, LAN)
Motherboard Chipset Intel Springdale-G i865G
System Memory 1.5 gig
BIOS Type AMI (08/27/04)

[mjc]

Who made the BIOS?

HP or Compaq? and model number...

[uncleglenny]

ah i dont know who made the bios but the pc model number is hp pavilion a340n ....i hope this is what u wanted

[mjc]

It is an Award BIOS and the only thing I could find was that it may be a memory problem...

If it was a one shot thing, then I'd say don't worry about it, but if it repeats, then grab memtest (http://www.memtest86.com/) and give it a run...

[uncleglenny]

i recently added ram (2 weeks ago) it was geil is that ram crappy?...lol maybe thats the cause

[mjc]

Then maybe give memtest a shot...

Did you blow out the slots before seating the RAM? Dirty/dusty slots can cause problems.