On Wed, Feb 19, 2003 at 08:19:31AM -0500, Hank wrote: > > > >And One more thing that i notice is that nothing is displayed on the > >screen and i am getting only a musical tone and the system stops with > >a blank screen. My friend says that the musical tone comes only if the > >system cannot boot. > > > > Usually you'll see a black screen with a white unhappy face on if you're > having system problems. > > This is usually a memory problem. Maybe somebody stuck an incompatible > memory stick in and gave up. Maybe the memory stick is loose. Easiest > way to tell is to just take it out. Reboot with the built in memory on > the system. If it reboots, fine. Take an eraser and clean the leads off > and reinsert it. If this don't work. Try another module.
Right, if you're hearing 4 tones, that's the Chimes of Death. It occurs if there's not enough memory to start the machine, but will go away as soon as you have good memory. -- "The way the Romans made sure their bridges worked is what we should do with software engineers. They put the designer under the bridge, and then they marched over it." -- Lawrence Bernstein, Discover, Feb 2003
