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I have a Dell Dimension 9100 that was given to me because its faulty. I've had a look at it and it seems to have a very odd problem - if I start up the computer it sticks on a black screen and beeps on 4 second intervals, I tried everything to get it to work and in the end I found that if I unplug the computer from the mains, re-seat the RAM (literally unplug the RAM and plug it back in again...in the same slots) it fires up just fine and works as if nothing is wrong. I have tested the RAM, Hard drive etc and nothing seems to be wrong with it. I even tried changing the RAM over for some I had lying around and the same problem occurs.
My gut feeling is that the motherboard is on its way out, I was just wondering if someone else has had a similar problem and managed to solve it or discover what is happening.
Btw - up to this point, the computer has been working fine for the last 2 years...so its not a hardware change!
Thanks in advance!
My gut feeling is that the motherboard is on its way out, I was just wondering if someone else has had a similar problem and managed to solve it or discover what is happening.
Btw - up to this point, the computer has been working fine for the last 2 years...so its not a hardware change!
Thanks in advance!
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