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My PC got knocked out yesterday,..so asking for help/guidance in problem resolution from this helpful community.
My 7-8 years old machine/pc which mainly acts as my download rig(24x7) while running perfectly (No recent problem ) suddenly out of the blue, froze yesterday (No response from keyboard or the mouse) & I had to restart manually.( the System "Green" & HDD "Red" lights were still ON & all the C.P.U & G.P.U fans still running as before)
After first restart in safe mode,..the pc couldn't complete a POST & again froze in the middle thereafter i again did a manual restart,after which from this second restart onwards,the problem worsened all the more....No POST,NO Display, with 1 Long & 3 Short beeps.(though fans & led lights ran normally)
A quick Google search told me..1 Long & 3 Short beep code with NO POST,NO Display signified a problem with either the System memory or the graphics card.As such i did a single sole ram stick test in all of the ram slots(got 4 of them),reseated them properly (with all of the 3 ram sticks i got) "individually" .Also i took out the graphics card from the slot,restarted the p.c ,also put the graphics card in the secondary PCI-E slot(system has sli mobo)..all these in vain, with 1 Long & 3 Short beeps continuing as before. I also cleared the CMOS (putting out the battery) & adjusting the jumper pins on the mobo but even all these didn't help.I did all the settings change when i detached the power cable from the psu. so i think i took the precaution overall.The situation as of now is same as before with with 1 Long & 3 Short beeps still continuing & i am quite clueless of what to do next?
From these observation i have a proposition which however seems (maybe) valid,but i'm not 100% sure off:
1) Since i have got 3 sticks of memory,isn't it highly improbable that all of them went bad alltogether all of a sudden (& changing/swapping the memory sticks & the different memory slots) doesn't yield different beep,...except only when i take out all the ram sticks from the system ,there is a different single long beep & 2 short beeps...which only points out that there isn't anything wrong with the the memory Ram's,but problem lies somewhere else. (Having even a single memory stick in one of the slot & NOT having any of them makes a difference in the beep codes)
2) Starting off with the main symptom that there is No "display"(nothing on my monitor..no post, nothing) except the beeps as i described before & it makes Absolutely No difference in the beep codes if i have the graphics card on either of the PCI-E slots or take it out alltogether from the system.(1 long & 3 short beeps as before with or without the graphics card installed in my system)...isn't it pretty obvious that the video/graphics card is the culprit here(the system simply cannot detect the graphics card as it had malfunctioned or is damaged,vram or other knocked out there)...& is therfore there is No display to begin with & post cannot start or complete)?
The problem to my proposition is that i cant be dead sure without a new set of DDR1 Rams or even a old Perfectly working Graphics card compatible with my ancient rig , which is as below:
My Ancient Rig :
*P.S.U = Corsair VX550W.
As such without any other way of ascertaining my proposition,i seek your help,those experienced & helpful enough.
So what do you guys think of , assess my situation & advise me to do next?
**Is there any current gen(low end cheap as possible) graphics card that would be compatible & work good with my above system(as a stop gap arrangement untill i get my next gen latest pc)?
All Helpful replies Very Much welcome!
My 7-8 years old machine/pc which mainly acts as my download rig(24x7) while running perfectly (No recent problem ) suddenly out of the blue, froze yesterday (No response from keyboard or the mouse) & I had to restart manually.( the System "Green" & HDD "Red" lights were still ON & all the C.P.U & G.P.U fans still running as before)
After first restart in safe mode,..the pc couldn't complete a POST & again froze in the middle thereafter i again did a manual restart,after which from this second restart onwards,the problem worsened all the more....No POST,NO Display, with 1 Long & 3 Short beeps.(though fans & led lights ran normally)
A quick Google search told me..1 Long & 3 Short beep code with NO POST,NO Display signified a problem with either the System memory or the graphics card.As such i did a single sole ram stick test in all of the ram slots(got 4 of them),reseated them properly (with all of the 3 ram sticks i got) "individually" .Also i took out the graphics card from the slot,restarted the p.c ,also put the graphics card in the secondary PCI-E slot(system has sli mobo)..all these in vain, with 1 Long & 3 Short beeps continuing as before. I also cleared the CMOS (putting out the battery) & adjusting the jumper pins on the mobo but even all these didn't help.I did all the settings change when i detached the power cable from the psu. so i think i took the precaution overall.The situation as of now is same as before with with 1 Long & 3 Short beeps still continuing & i am quite clueless of what to do next?
From these observation i have a proposition which however seems (maybe) valid,but i'm not 100% sure off:
1) Since i have got 3 sticks of memory,isn't it highly improbable that all of them went bad alltogether all of a sudden (& changing/swapping the memory sticks & the different memory slots) doesn't yield different beep,...except only when i take out all the ram sticks from the system ,there is a different single long beep & 2 short beeps...which only points out that there isn't anything wrong with the the memory Ram's,but problem lies somewhere else. (Having even a single memory stick in one of the slot & NOT having any of them makes a difference in the beep codes)
2) Starting off with the main symptom that there is No "display"(nothing on my monitor..no post, nothing) except the beeps as i described before & it makes Absolutely No difference in the beep codes if i have the graphics card on either of the PCI-E slots or take it out alltogether from the system.(1 long & 3 short beeps as before with or without the graphics card installed in my system)...isn't it pretty obvious that the video/graphics card is the culprit here(the system simply cannot detect the graphics card as it had malfunctioned or is damaged,vram or other knocked out there)...& is therfore there is No display to begin with & post cannot start or complete)?
The problem to my proposition is that i cant be dead sure without a new set of DDR1 Rams or even a old Perfectly working Graphics card compatible with my ancient rig , which is as below:
My Ancient Rig :
*P.S.U = Corsair VX550W.
As such without any other way of ascertaining my proposition,i seek your help,those experienced & helpful enough.
So what do you guys think of , assess my situation & advise me to do next?
**Is there any current gen(low end cheap as possible) graphics card that would be compatible & work good with my above system(as a stop gap arrangement untill i get my next gen latest pc)?
All Helpful replies Very Much welcome!
