Posted by
axptguy38
17 yrs ago
Beep error signals can mean a wide variety of things. Do you have the exact make and model of your machine and/or motherboard (or the manual)? Most manuals will have a list of error signals. If nothing else you can normally find the list online.
It could be a bad power supply, giving slightly wrong voltages sporadically. Bad power supplies are very common. It could be a memory error. It could be some short on the motherboard. Heck, it could be a loose screw bridging two circuits.
As for paying 2k, several places will diagnose the problem for less than 200. Then you can decide whether it is worth fixing the issue or not. I recommend Match Power on the second floor of the Wan Chai Computer Centre.
I have assumed that by CPU you mean the computer. The box containing the components, if you will.
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Has anyone ever changed the BATTERY in your CPU?
They last about 2-years. They are mounted on the Motherboard and need some skill to change them. Thy look like a large coin in size.
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You mean the battery in the computer. "CPU" does not equal "computer".
They often last much longer than 2 years, although they can fail after 2 years. I had one fail on day three once...
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AXPTGUY:
Rather than confuse the user, I used his terminology.
I cut my teeth on the Digital Equipment PDP-8 where a computer had discrete components and the 'boot' function was keyed in every time you switched it on. My fingers still bear the callouses!
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Fair enough Highway-9. ;)
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Not that I know what they did, but that doesn't sound too bad. I have used them many times and recommended them and as far as I know they are quite honest. Perhaps a bit too thorough sometimes. ;)
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