I am trying to fix up my old computer for my dad to use, which hasnt been touched for years. However its not working.

 

Upon booting, it make a long mid pitch beep, followed by 3 short mid pitch beep and finally a loner low pitch beep.

 

The screen appears to show something like 'Digital Snow', when first booting - after about 3 seconds changing to a screen full of what looks like a defrag table, which changes slightly.

 

My first instinct was to check the graphics card, this works fine in another system - so i would assume it would be something else.

 

Any suggestions would be greatfully received.

 

Thanks.

Check out http://bioscentral.com/beepcodes/amibeep.htm.

From the site:

1 long, 3 short : Memory test failure

A fault has been detected in memory above 64KB

Check the memory.

Excellent. I will test this 2mrw.

 

Thanks

Nope, tested the memory last night - same problem. Tried it with each slot as well.

Specifically, what in the manufacturer of your BIOS? Most other manufacturers seem to have 1 long, 3 short indicate an issue with the video card or memory.

try reseting the cmos, and make sure the videocard is firmly in place. in some mobo's that agp slot can be a real bear to get good contact with.