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Hi, Just saw this now. It was the BIOS.... great shout.

Hi all, Thanks for the advice so far. My Son did a little research and (incredibly) reset and updated the bios and now it works. Hat's off to him..... I'd have not wanted to do that myself

Found this: I removed the keyboard and the three beeps stopped. I then had a single short beep every 18/20 seconds. I assume continuous beep could be every 20 seconds or so, however that doesn't really feel "continuous" but I guess it's all relative. I've just been looking through old...

Hey. Sorry, I thought I had posted this: Gigabyte Z77-D3H

Hi, Not yet. Was keen to cover all other options first as I was keen to avoid opening my new system to try this. Older PC's I'm happy to play around with.... more expensive ones.... less so, but I guess we're running out of options. Does the medium beep and three (not two) short beeps tell us...

Hi all, We'll try re-seating the ram which I beleive is just a case of turning everything off and removing power cables and removing the ram and placing back in again? Please correct me if I'm wrong. I can't find the receipts but the power supply is Corsair and is about two years old as I...

Hi all, Looking for some help here. At Christmas I gave my son my old PC. Within a few days the Graphics card stopped working. The system powers up but the screen freezes or blackscreens. We just removed the GPU and turned on the internal cpu graphics which isnt great but it's a fix. He...

Thanks Grimley, I just wasn't sure why the last one didnt fit. There was tons of space around it, it just didn't sit deep enough into the PCI slot. The case is an old LanLi

Hey all, Thanks for your help on this. We've established that it was the GPU. I didn't think the mobo had an on board GPU but it did. Found an old cable and it all worked. We re-tried the GPU in various slots but it works for about 60 seconds and then blackscreens. Is this anyway...

Hi all, Grimley (or anyone else that can help) Sorry to quote you in an old thread of mine but I'm keen to get some further assistance on this matter. Further to the history of the thread...... very old machine, limited upgradeability..... purchased upgrade... it didnt 'fit' in the machine...

Hi, No. Not done this yet. General speak like this scares the crap out of me. But I just read a little on how to do this. I don't have a manual so I'll just opt for the batter method. Once I do this, will the BIOS sort itself out? There isn't anything else I need to do in advance of removing...

Just an update on this incase it makes a difference anywhere. The PC worked long enough to create a W10 Media installation. I removed all of the old HD/SSD's and put in a new unused one. First powerup took me to the BIOS however it quickly BS'd from there. Now it BS's almost instantly upon...

Thanks guys. There are a lot of drives in there. So I'll take those out. In the end the only thing that got upgraded was the power. How do I ensure ANY/ALL Overclocking is set to default? My son downloaded MSI Afterburner. Is that something I can use? or is it done from the BIOS? Oddly, he...

Hi all, With the help of a number of forum goers here I built my new PC over the Christmas break. I gave, what is my very old PC, to my Son. So far so good. He is playing a combination of games...... all of which he has played before on the same PC when it was mine when I was at work etc...

Hey all, Finally moved forward with this. So thanks for all the help! However, I'm getting a few crashes and am trying to work out what it is. I've downloaded some software that I saw in JZTwoCents about fan speeds etc. Although I do need something easier to see for temps. However one temp...

Thanks guys. I have rung them. Apparently they've had a fault since 21st november..... quite how they managed to not fix it knowing Christmas is on the way is beyond me. They've said they're going to send me a 'wired-booster'. I've no idea what that is and when I asked if it would plug into...

Hey, Virgin Media in my area are having some major issues. Short version. My box is supplying wifi service, poor, but it is there. However all the rear ports no longer work and my house is pretty much wired via a few routers so.... most of our PC's and Consoles are down. I'm looking at...

VM have service issues across a number of areas. I'm in an SW20 postcode and have pretty much lost service from the 23rd although I understand that they have had problems since the 21st November. My box is currently providing poor wifi serice but oddly the ports on the back of the box have...

Again..... thank you so much for your time. I feel armed with knowledge :eek:

Would a 'reset' wipe the drive?