Pc beeps and will not come up - HP PAVILION A6230N DESKTOP PC

Hi names Rui, i question for you does your PC give a beeping sound when you turn it on? if does can you tell me how many beeps it gives?

if it give a designated number of beeps this might be the problem i will give you a chart so you can differentiate the warning beeps you hear.

warning beeps:

1 Short Beep DRAM refresh failure
2 Short Beep Parity circuit failure
3 Short Beep Base 64k RAM failure
4 Short Beep System time failure
5 Short Beep Process failure
6 Short Beep keyboard control gate A20 failure
7 Short Beep Virtual mode exeption failure
8 Short Beep Display memory read/write test failure
9 Short Beep ROM BIOS checksum failure
10 Short Beep CMOS shutdown read/write error
11 Short Beep Cache memory error
1 long, 3 short Beep Conventional/Extended memory failure
1 long, 8 short beep Display/Retrace test failed

hope this will determine the problem if none of this warning beep is heard try reseting the power botton in you PC cause sometimes the power botton will loosen cause of continuous use of the botton.

hope this will help you.

hi,
please write your beep description

ex: one long beep two short beep

repeating short beep

try google on motherboard error beeps good article and see if you can match up the beep pattern. it says 2 short one long for video problem. good luck

I think the graphics card has become unseated as the PC does not need a monitor to start up so there would be no beeps; Here is a list of beep codes with there meanings.
BEEP CODE MEANING POSSIBLE CAUSE
1 Beep (No video) Memory refresh failure Bad memory
2 Beeps Memory parity error Bad memory
3 Beeps Base 64K mem failure Bad memory
4 Beeps Timer not operational Bad motherboard
5 Beeps Processor error Bad processor
6 Beeps 8042 Gate A20 failure Bad CPU or Motherboard
7 Beeps Processor exception Bad processor
8 Beeps Video memory error Bad video card or memory
9 Beeps ROM checksum error Bad BIOS
10 Beeps CMOS checksum error Bad motherboard
11 Beeps Cache memory bad Bad CPU or motherboard

Open your cpu cabinet cover.
Then Refix RAM memory on mother board.
Remove pci cards from mother board if any.
Make sure motherboard is not ground with cabinet.
Reattach ATX power connector to motherboard.
Pull cmos cell from motherboard for 10 minutes then refix it .
Then it work again.
Let me know if you need further assistance.
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there are 4 kinds of beeps that the pc produce when you turn it on, base on your beep it is indicating that the memmory is damage,

a single beep means the pc is ok
and your beep is memmory damage
a long beep pause and then beep long again means video card damage
if the beep sound like a firetruck the processor or memmory is over heating

Sounds like a video error. It may be caused also by a bad memory, but I suspect problems with video.

On startup beep how many beep do you hear?


1 short beep
Normal POST - system is ok 2 short beeps POST Error - error code shown on screen No beep Power supply or system board problem Continuous beep Power supply, system board, or keyboard problem Repeating short beeps Power supply or system board problem 1 long, 1 short beep System board problem 1 long, 2 short beeps Display adapter problem (MDA, CGA) 1 long, 3 short beeps Enhanced Graphics Adapter (EGA) 3 long beeps 3270 keyboard card

Hope it Help you out ^_^

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1 Beep
If the PC boots properly, then this beep is normal. It is an audio cue that the PC has passed the POST and started to boot.

• (AMI) Memory problem
• (AWARD) Memory problem

2 Beeps

• (AMI) Memory problem

3 Beeps

• (AMI) Memory or motherboard problem
• (AWARD) Video problem
• (IBM) Keyboard problem

4 Beeps

• (AMI) System timer failure
• (AWARD) Video Problem

5 Beeps

• (AMI) CPU or motherboard problem

6 Beeps

• (AMI) Keyboard or motherboard problem

7 Beeps

• (AMI) CPU or motherboard problem

8 Beeps

• (AMI) Video card or video memory problem

9 Beeps

• (AMI) Motherboard problem

10 Beeps

• (AMI) Motherboard problem

11 Beeps

• (AMI) Cache memory error

Continuous Beeping

• (AMI) Memory or Video Problem
• (AWARD) Memory or Video Problem
• (IBM) Power problem or loose card