Edited boot config now computer beeps three times fans turn on high and screen stays black

3 BEEPS -RAM

Guest Posts: n/a 01-24-2005 We had a power failure in the office this weekend. All the systems are back
up and running fine, except for the receptionists. It's a Gateway
Professional Series. P4 1.3 Ghz. It is giving me three beeps. No boot up
screen and no video source (monitor light stays yellow instead of turning
green). I looked up the beep code and it says three beeps means the ram
needs reseated. Which I have done several times. Also, I have just put in
one stick in difference seats. I have also reseated all the cards at least
three times. I have switched the jumper to try to boot into setup mode.
Nothing there either. Popped out the cmos battery and put it back in. No
good either.

Has all the ram been fried? The fan on the cpu is still spinning. The cd-rom
ejects. I can't hear the hard drive spinning. I guess I can swap the hard
drive for a different one.

Anything I'm missing? YEP
http://support.gateway.com/s/MOTHERBD/INTEL/m00262/beepcode.shtml

Dear,
Did this situation come with any beep sound. Because, most of the time, in this situation; the computer beeps. Here are some codes. Check if any of these condition apply to your system.

No Beeps Short, No power, Bad CPU/MB, Loose Peripherals
One Beep Everything is normal and Computer POSTed fine
Two Beeps POST/CMOS Error
One Long Beep, One Short Beep Motherboard Problem
One Long Beep, Two Short Beeps Video Problem
One Long Beep, Three Short Beeps Video Problem
Three Long Beeps Keyboard Error
Repeated Long Beeps Memory Error
Continuous Hi-Lo Beeps CPU Overheating

best of luck!

Hearing ONE beep is normal, and a signal that the computer hardware is OK.

Hearing THREE beeps is a signal that something is wrong:
* burnt-out CPU,
* one of the fans is not spinning (clogged?) or spinning too slowly (about to seize-up),
* one of the RAM chips is defective
* the video-card is not working

If there is more than one RAM stick, remove all but one stick, and start it up, to see if it starts.

Check that the fans are spinning freely.

Alot of problems with the HP.

First thing is make sure when you changed the battery you would need to check the jumper that allows you reset the BIOS and let you use the computer.

The other is the fan speeds it normally should go a little high not so high but in your case the CMOS battery that was installed could cause some things not to work especially if it supports PCI-E. The motherboard in your system must have a dual video connector. One is on the board and one is on the PCI-E. Make sure the monitor is plugged into the right port. It should work after that. If not remove the PCI-E card and see if it works with the onboard connector.

Hi did you do it ? Restart the pc.

maybe it is your motherboard, reset bios ... because you can see anything do as it follows , unlupg power coard-open case - pull out little silver battery- wait 10 sec-put it back in- switch power cord and start your computer.. that will reset your bios. cmos more exactlly... if you see the boot menu it is ok.. but if you can go to os.. then you must set you bios video output to pci... try and write back

change the boot sequence from the BIOS and set the first boot to the Hard disk and check.

Your computer is experiencing memory problems. Turn power off, remove and reseat the memory chips, and try it again. If not successful, try different memory chips. Also could be power supply problem

I have the same model after youlet it sit for a long enough period to cool down it will come back on and work normal, it is a cooling problem called gateway and they confirmed this theproblem I ran in to was what fan this computer has 3. temp fix I used was to remove the tower cover to allow better air flow try this till you can figure out what fan is messing up