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three long beeps when powering up.

Aug 15, 2004 10:33PM PDT

I just build my new cpu, and when i turn it on it gives
me 3 long beeps. what does this mean?

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Re: three long beeps when powering up.
Aug 20, 2004 11:43AM PDT
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Re: three long beeps when powering up.
Aug 26, 2004 10:29AM PDT

three long beeps depend on your BIOS, but in all cases it is a hardware problem. soemthing is broken or loose. since you just built it, your BIOS manual for the motherboard should tell you what.

Herb...