amd computer

[nudnik]

hi gang.

a buddy of mine has an amd chip.

when it starts to bootup, it goes so far & then gives a single beep & then
goes to the page where one can select safe mode.

it doesn't matter what i select at that point, it goes thru it's gyrations
again, beeping once & comes back to the same point.

can anyone tell me the most likely answer to the problem?

i am guessing either a bad hard drive or a bad virus. (more likely harddrive
problem)

HELP
thanks
ralph

[Johanna]

nudnik wrote:
> hi gang.
>
> a buddy of mine has an amd chip.
>
> when it starts to bootup, it goes so far & then gives a single beep & then
> goes to the page where one can select safe mode.
>
> it doesn't matter what i select at that point, it goes thru it's gyrations
> again, beeping once & comes back to the same point.
>
> can anyone tell me the most likely answer to the problem?
>
> i am guessing either a bad hard drive or a bad virus. (more likely harddrive
> problem)
>
> HELP
> thanks
> ralph
Post codes are built into the BIOS to indicate clues for
troubleshooting.
http://www.pchell.com/hardware/beepcodes.shtml
Sometimes clearing CMOS will jumpstart the system into behaving again
(it resets the BIOS to default factory settings.)
Johanna
NKO USA
www.leatherworker.net/forum/

[nudnik]

thanks Johanna !!!!
ralph
"Johanna" <jschroer@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> nudnik wrote:
>> hi gang.
>>
>> a buddy of mine has an amd chip.
>>
>> when it starts to bootup, it goes so far & then gives a single beep &
>> then
>> goes to the page where one can select safe mode.
>>
>> it doesn't matter what i select at that point, it goes thru it's
>> gyrations
>> again, beeping once & comes back to the same point.
>>
>> can anyone tell me the most likely answer to the problem?
>>
>> i am guessing either a bad hard drive or a bad virus. (more likely
>> harddrive
>> problem)
>>
>> HELP
>> thanks
>> ralph
> Post codes are built into the BIOS to indicate clues for
> troubleshooting.
> http://www.pchell.com/hardware/beepcodes.shtml
> Sometimes clearing CMOS will jumpstart the system into behaving again
> (it resets the BIOS to default factory settings.)
> Johanna
> NKO USA
> www.leatherworker.net/forum/
>