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Three beeps at boot and no video
Have a custom made desktop running 7 32bits on an Intel DG43NB board 4GB and a Q0650 processor.
I recently acquired this machine for nothing and changed the thermals and did a good clean up and it has been running fine as my tester until last night when I booted it went to get a coffee came back to find a blank screen and the CPU fan running full tilt.
Rebooted and the machine starts up then stops > three beeps > machine starts up again and runs full tilt again. There is no video - have tried the DVI and the AVG output out of the card and the mobo connections so I cannot get into BIOS to see if there is a problem there. Being three beeps I thought memory so change it for same - another brand - no differences.
Took the CPU cooler off and powered on an the CPU started to get warm but not so much as one could not keep your finger on it.
Reinstalled the CPU with AS and replaced the original RAM - no change.
Has the mobo crashed for some reason or is there another thing I could check? Perhaps the PSU volts as my mate suggested?
I would really like to keep this one going as it has performed so well and sits alongside machines I am fixing for SF tuts and other info, doenloading drivers etc plus it is almost as quick as my Sandy bridge build also the CPU if you can get one is horrendously priced.