I sure you have your answer by now as I am behind on my mail BUT the 3 beep says that it is a video card problem. Reseat your video card or if it is an integrated card put in a new card. You MIGHT have some fun on a Compaq :-) Robert McLellan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donald Bieber" <the-picture-man@xxxxxxxx> To: <pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2002 12:18 PM Subject: [pchelpers] beep..... pause.... beep beep > > When I go to start a Compaq computer and get a > beep..... pause.... beep beep > > What's it telling me? > > The floppy is connected, I tried different DIMMs It has a SCSI drive, I > assume as the "C" drive, but whether I use it to try to start it or > disconnect it and use either one of the onboard IDE sockets, I get the > same beep. > > At least that's the way it was with the IDE drive, I think maybe with the > SCSI drive it did nothing. > > AND I've never got anything on the monitor, and yes, it's plugged in > :-), that "plugged in" part was a joke. > > cu, > Don Bieber, The-Picture-Man > > PS Red meat is not bad for you. Fuzzy green meat is bad for you. > ________________________________________________________________ > GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! > Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! > Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: > http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/.