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Old 01-14-2004, 06:02 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Gaming NEED HELP FAST: one beep per sec. coming from my Mom's HP Pavilion

Today, when my Mom turned on her HP Pavilion that her boyfriend bought for her in......i'm pretty sure that it was October 2003, it started beeping. Beep, beep, beep, beep, beep........ (one beep per second, sorta like a microwave when food is ready). i restarted it and it didn't beep for a few seconds when the HP screen came on, but when the "WinXP Home" screen came on it started beeping again and everything looked normal while Windows loaded and my Mom was talking to me for five minutes and it kept on beeping before she turned it off.

Here are the specs of the computer (it is a store-bought new computer)

2.5GHz Intel® Celeron® processor
256MB DDR SDRAM
80GB HDD
DVD/CD-ROM drive
CD-R drive
Intel® Extreme® graphics card
Linksys Wireless card
? motherboard..........because i hadn't taken the cover off the case yet....and by the way it runs WinXP Home.
Your help is greatly appreciated and the reason i asked for help is that i never had this problem on any of the computers i've been working with and also i've never come across a thread about this kind of problems........

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Old 01-14-2004, 06:07 PM   #2 (permalink)
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hmm sounds like a head problem get something to check that

if it is it would be wise to let hp fix it since it is porbobly still under warranty and you wont be out the price of a new heatskink..it may also void your warranty (not sure)
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Yah I'd say heat..had the same thing happen to me
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Old 01-14-2004, 06:27 PM   #4 (permalink)
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i don't think so 'cuz she didn't use the computer for at least 20 hours before turning it on today...

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Old 01-14-2004, 06:31 PM   #5 (permalink)
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thanks for help anyway....

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Old 01-14-2004, 06:53 PM   #6 (permalink)
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aww, come on, people......this computer was sitting for at least night and a day turned off and it's cold in our house.....how can it be a heat problem?
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if the cpu isn't seated right it might overheat as soon as you turn it on. Is there any chance that the heatsink was bumped loose?
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check the BIOS and see what the temp is...try reseating the CPU and also try running it without the side panel on...just to see if it is heat related
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f1oored, you might be right...because the computer gets accidently kicked sometimes...

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