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Question 4 beeps on startup

Dec 2, 2023
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Hi!

I bought a new used pc a week ago. The same day that I bought him, while I was installing Gta V at night it made 4 beeping sounds and it turned off. I did my research and found out it could be a ram problem. So I took the rams off the other day and It worked. A week as passed by, and today while I was just browsing stuff It started doing the same thing again.
I opened the pc, took the rams off and it worked again, but while the pc was still open and I was still seeing if everything was in place I touched something and it turned off again, and made the 4 beeping sounds without the ram that I thought was causing the problem.

I replaced the CMOS today hoping it will fix something but I dont know if its that any advices?
 
Given the age of the system, you may be chasing your tail on any sort of meaningful solution. The "touching something" comment you made earlier suggests something may be loose inside the system. Cables, devices, etc.

Have you inspected these, with the power off and disconnected from the outlet?