- Nov 22, 2009
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My girlfriend got a gaming PC a month ago and we've been gaming together. Great fun.
The trouble started when we were playing WoW together. While playing, her screen flashed to another window she had open behind the game (her Chrome browser) and then back to the game, as though she had alt-tabbed. A minute later, her screen flickered again, but this time the computer shut off completely - fans and all.
When she tried to turn on the computer again, nothing came up on the screen. The fans inside started running, and a repeating long beep kept coming out of the computer. (Beeeeeep. Beeeeep. Beeeeeep. Beeeeeep. Beeeeeep. Beeeep. Beeeep. Beeeep. ) About seven or eight times. After that, the beeps ended and the computer stayed on, but there was absolutely nothing on the monitor at any point.
I had her take out her Radeon HD4650 video card and connect her monitor directly to the PC, and it worked. She has been able to use the computer normally, but her onboard video is terribly lacking for gaming. Every time she's put in a video card since then, including a GeForce GT 640 we got to replace the 4650 (which we thought was the problem), the computer goes through the whole beeping fit again and nothing shows on the screen.
The only other thing of note is that, when my girlfriend starts up the computer (without the video card), an error pops up reading "511-CPU Fan Not Detected", and she has to press F1 to continue booting. All fans inside the computer seem to be working normally, despite the error.
I tried seeing if disabling the onboard video would get us anywhere, but there doesn't seem to be an option in the BIOS to do so, and I would hate to disable the onboard video from inside Windows in case doing so really messes things up.
I understand there's a chance the PCI-E slot itself could be damaged, but is there anything else we can try to get my girl gaming again?
Thanks!
The trouble started when we were playing WoW together. While playing, her screen flashed to another window she had open behind the game (her Chrome browser) and then back to the game, as though she had alt-tabbed. A minute later, her screen flickered again, but this time the computer shut off completely - fans and all.
When she tried to turn on the computer again, nothing came up on the screen. The fans inside started running, and a repeating long beep kept coming out of the computer. (Beeeeeep. Beeeeep. Beeeeeep. Beeeeeep. Beeeeeep. Beeeep. Beeeep. Beeeep. ) About seven or eight times. After that, the beeps ended and the computer stayed on, but there was absolutely nothing on the monitor at any point.
I had her take out her Radeon HD4650 video card and connect her monitor directly to the PC, and it worked. She has been able to use the computer normally, but her onboard video is terribly lacking for gaming. Every time she's put in a video card since then, including a GeForce GT 640 we got to replace the 4650 (which we thought was the problem), the computer goes through the whole beeping fit again and nothing shows on the screen.
The only other thing of note is that, when my girlfriend starts up the computer (without the video card), an error pops up reading "511-CPU Fan Not Detected", and she has to press F1 to continue booting. All fans inside the computer seem to be working normally, despite the error.
I tried seeing if disabling the onboard video would get us anywhere, but there doesn't seem to be an option in the BIOS to do so, and I would hate to disable the onboard video from inside Windows in case doing so really messes things up.
I understand there's a chance the PCI-E slot itself could be damaged, but is there anything else we can try to get my girl gaming again?
Thanks!
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