Beep Beep …..

I recently had encountered a very strange problem with my P4 computer which I bought I 2003.When ever I powered on the PC it used to beep twice and then my View sonic monitor used to report No Signal. I was very much confused as I am a bit of a geek in hardware stuff. I really had to troubleshoot a lot. It took me nearly a month to figure it out after reading a lot of books and also asking some other technical experts. But it doesn’t mean that I took so much time so some body else might take the same time. I am very busy in house hold work so I used to spend very few time working out the problem. So if you are also experiencing similar problem like even when the computer is on the monitor says “No Signal” and also that the computer beeps twice whenever you power up the computer. This problem is more common in assembled PC’s rather than branded, because I also have a HP Pavilion 8760C I bought from Best Buy and it still hasn’t given me this problem.

Coming to the point, the real cause is that all of our PC’s have a graphic card to which we connect the monitor cable. This card is usually fit onto the AGP slot on the motherboard. The graphic card due to some reason gets loose and then your motherboard reports that in audible tones. The two beeps signal that the graphic card has failed to initialize. This usually happens when you graphic card gets moved inside the AGP slot.So what you have to do is open the computer, and tighten the graphic card.Once you power up hopefully you should not have the problem again.

In my case, my motherboard is an Intel and the processor is also Intel Pentium.So the problem was easy to resolve as Intel motherboards are widely popular compared to other motherboards like Mercury, AMD and other manufacturers.

Lastly, please take care while opening and working on your computer as mishandling any part may destroy the IC’s on both the motherboard and the components.Take caution of ESD as it maybe potentially dangerous for your motherboard.Motherboard are very ESD sensitive.Make sure to use anti-static methods for working on your motherboard.