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[JJ_]

Have you fiddled around with the RAM voltages in BIOS or installed new RAM? I'm sceptical how your existing DIMMS have developed a 'fault' soon after installing the new card

[+Majesticmerc]

JJ_, on 09 November 2011 - 01:55, said:

Have you fiddled around with the RAM voltages in BIOS or installed new RAM? I'm sceptical how your existing DIMMS have developed a 'fault' soon after installing the new card

The graphics card has been installed for about 3 months now, it's just that the beeping started after I installed it, but my PC only started failing properly in the last week or so. My first guess was that the graphics card failed (since it came back to life after reseating it), but the second time it was still dead even after removing the graphics card, so I'm inclined to think that it never was the graphics card (as others rightly said).

[+Dr_Asik]

It's possible that the motherboard is just acting weird. My old motherboard wouldn't boot unless I put the ram in certain specific configurations, the ram was good, it was just the motherboard. I went through hours of diagnosing and there was little reasoning to be done, it was just picky with what ram slots I used.

Your video card beeping would probably signal a power issue though. A power issue could cause a lot of weird things to happen.

[Hum]

Majesticmerc, on 09 November 2011 - 01:46, said:

I'm suspecting now that one of the RAM sticks that was causing the issues. It's also been rebooted twice since, and the beeping has seemed to have ceased as well! Is it possible that the RAM just needed refitting?!

Very confused

^ Yes.

If you get in the case, and change something, you can slightly knock the RAM, or video card off -- sometimes the cables too.

Reseating parts often fixes a problem.