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wont boot again

Apr 27, 2005 2:32PM PDT

I built another pc setup last night and it ran fine. surprise surprise.

running
antec aria case w/ ar300 power supply
2.4 ghz celeron
1 gb pc3200 ddr kingston value ram
dvdrw from sony
gigabyte ga-8lg1000mk board
gigabyte radeon 8x agp card

last night it all ran fine. i did my driver installs, setup some antivirus software and little things. today i burned a dvd and ran update for windows. after it was over i restarted and got repeating beeps..... continuous repeating beeps. i turned it off. rebot did the same thing. reboot again, nothing. i'm lost.

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RE:
Apr 27, 2005 4:36PM PDT

Could be your driver for graphics card. Check that out. Then could be motherboard. Reset motherboard, by removing power from powersupply and push the power on button. If none above works, check your ram.
ROger

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My 2.0 GHz Celeron has a 450W supply.
Apr 27, 2005 9:08PM PDT

Hint.

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Iffy
Apr 28, 2005 12:02AM PDT

Like Bob says, I'd go with at least a 400w ps. 300w units are a little iffy these days with processors alone pulling one-third to one-fourth of your 300w.