obviouslytom
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I am fixing a PC for a friend because she is a sweet old lady that doesn't know much about computers. She currently has a Biostar TA75M+ board that is a FM1 socket. I have tried to start the system up but when I do, I get 4 beeps then a quick blip. The best I can figure is that the board is dead or a component has failed. It is the CPU that has the integrated graphics card in it and I can't get any specs on the system because I am not familiar with AMD cpu's.
According to the manual for the board that I can find online, and if its really 5 beeps, thatn it is a "file read error". Should I try unplugging the hard drive to see if that is what the problem is? I have taken the ram down from 2 sticks to one, which didn't change anything, then I removed them all together and I got the sound the system makes when there is no ram installed.
I would like to be able to fix this without her buying anything, even though she said she would if she had to.
Thanks in advance for any help
According to the manual for the board that I can find online, and if its really 5 beeps, thatn it is a "file read error". Should I try unplugging the hard drive to see if that is what the problem is? I have taken the ram down from 2 sticks to one, which didn't change anything, then I removed them all together and I got the sound the system makes when there is no ram installed.
I would like to be able to fix this without her buying anything, even though she said she would if she had to.
Thanks in advance for any help