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Offline mouse2

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help please
« on: Tuesday 11 August 09 12:15 BST (UK) »
i am having problems with my monitor it keeps bleeping and will not come on,  can anyone surgest why i know next to nothing about computer
thank you
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Re: help please
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 11 August 09 12:21 BST (UK) »
I'm not too advanced on you - but first thing, check all your cables and leads are plugged in properly!   I almost cost myself a fortune, calling in a tech, but as I was dialling the number I realised one of the leads had slipped part-way out of its fitting on the back of the monitor!
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Re: help please
« Reply #2 on: Tuesday 11 August 09 12:59 BST (UK) »
hi
tried that no luck

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Re: help please
« Reply #3 on: Tuesday 11 August 09 13:15 BST (UK) »
Those beeps are meaningful and the beep code is related to you particular make of computer so you will need to know which BIOS you are using in order to work out the fault from this listing of beep codes:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beep_code
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« Reply #4 on: Tuesday 11 August 09 16:46 BST (UK) »
Sounds like a faulty video card to me.   
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Re: help please
« Reply #5 on: Wednesday 12 August 09 07:34 BST (UK) »
Thank you all for your help
going to try a different moniter and cables
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« Reply #6 on: Wednesday 12 August 09 10:20 BST (UK) »
A faulty monitor or cable would not cause a computer to beep. 
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