- Apr 28, 2024
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Hello everyone, I am experiencing a problem far too unique to even attempt googling this.
I have a PC from around the early to mid 2000s that I've started messing around with, and I changed this CD-Rom drive with a DVD drive.
Once i closed everything back up and booted up the system...I got a beep code, 1 long, 8 short. I googled this, and it appears to be a video card error. The hard drive spins up, I can hear the speakers for a second, ethernet lights and activity lights are on, but no fan activity at all.
Confused, I decided to reseat everything in case I knocked a cable loose, and as soon as I flicked the PSU switch on, it booted up, Windows XP loaded, and I was able to confirm that my DVD drive does work. After I turned it off though, put the side panel back on, it just throws the same error. I tried reseating everything again, but no luck.
I have an AGP Card (ATI 9800 Pro) and I know those usually don't have a very long lifespan. But I wouldn't imagine it dying like this, after simply changing a DVD drive. Especially since I saw it work fine for that one moment.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Edit: I've turned it on once again, and oddly enough, it worked...somewhat. I got to Windows, but the fans were acting very weird, in that they were not keeping a consistent tone or speed. After maybe a minute, the video went blank and the fans shut off, but the Power LED stayed on. Could this maybe be a power supply issue? I don't think it should be considering that it's a modern Corsair 550W unit, one that's worked fine before this. Again, any help is appreciated.
I have a PC from around the early to mid 2000s that I've started messing around with, and I changed this CD-Rom drive with a DVD drive.
Once i closed everything back up and booted up the system...I got a beep code, 1 long, 8 short. I googled this, and it appears to be a video card error. The hard drive spins up, I can hear the speakers for a second, ethernet lights and activity lights are on, but no fan activity at all.
Confused, I decided to reseat everything in case I knocked a cable loose, and as soon as I flicked the PSU switch on, it booted up, Windows XP loaded, and I was able to confirm that my DVD drive does work. After I turned it off though, put the side panel back on, it just throws the same error. I tried reseating everything again, but no luck.
I have an AGP Card (ATI 9800 Pro) and I know those usually don't have a very long lifespan. But I wouldn't imagine it dying like this, after simply changing a DVD drive. Especially since I saw it work fine for that one moment.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Edit: I've turned it on once again, and oddly enough, it worked...somewhat. I got to Windows, but the fans were acting very weird, in that they were not keeping a consistent tone or speed. After maybe a minute, the video went blank and the fans shut off, but the Power LED stayed on. Could this maybe be a power supply issue? I don't think it should be considering that it's a modern Corsair 550W unit, one that's worked fine before this. Again, any help is appreciated.
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