Help! Computer has gone wrong and won't boot

[exfarmer]

My fujitsu siemens scalio p PC won't boot up

When I press the on/off button I get constant beeping, single beeps one after the other, and the blue light round the button flashes. The monitor displays a no signal message then just stays black.

I've tried to boot it from a disc but because it won't boot at all it doesn't seem to register that there's a disc in the drive.

There is power going to the machine because all the lights come on and the everything runs but I an't get passed the beeping and flashing. I'm about to lose a shit load of work. Anyone got a lue how to get passed this?

[rotobott]

Found this online, also try actually unplugging it from the mains for a minute or so that's fixed my toshiba in the past

"Try disconnecting all devices that are connected to the PC with the exception of Mouse and Keyboard, and see if it starts.

If your PSU is on the way out, these devices may be taking too much power and not allowing the machine to start properly.

If this works, try connecting then in one at a time (reboot after every one) until you find the problem.

A PSU is quite easy to fit, however there are a lot of cables inside your PC and unless you know what you are doing, you could cause problems by (accidently) dislodging memory or the graphic card.

I would strongly advise getting a friend (or look in local paper) to fit it unless you are happy working inside a computer."

[pharoahegypt]

try booting in safe mode. usually by pressing f8 like mad as u turn machine on.... if it boots okay in safe mode then its a graphics card issue or some update to the software that's causing the problem. if it doesn't boot in safe mode then its a deeper issue. power unit, processor, ram failure, or even the silly on-off switch itself could be the root of the problem.... so many it would take forever to list here.... seek help, most of us are decent and trustworthy engineers.... (i say mostly...lol.)

but first open the side and check all the ram, graphics card, etc, is fully seated. you never know if someone might have bumped the machine in your absence and unseated something..? beeps on switch on usually mean ram or motherboard in my experience, as it no power then no beeps; hence unikely psu gone.... like rotobott says the web will usually give you an answer, so long as you word the question correctly.

[9876543210]

exfarmer,

I've run into this quite a few times on various PC's and the answer is usually best left to an experienced tech. If the easy stuff mentioned here doesn't work you'll probably need to find someone locally who can help you.

Originally Posted by exfarmer

My fujitsu siemens scalio p PC won't boot up

When I press the on/off button I get constant beeping, single beeps one after the other, and the blue light round the button flashes. The monitor displays a no signal message then just stays black.

In my experience, those beeps are telling you what the computer believes to be wrong. The beeps are actually a code (kind of like morse code) in that you have to listen to the sequence of the beeps. Such as:

beep.....beep beep beep....beep.....beep....beep beep beep

So you see a sequence of 1, 3, 1, 1, 3. Thats the code or sequence. Once you have the sequence then you need to find out who made the BIOS for your specific computer and the manufacturer will tell you. I did find the codes for a fujitsu computer with a phoenix BIOS:

http://support.ts.fujitsu.com/WDB/FA...llsearch&LNID=

That should get you most of the way there but if you don't know what you're doing here it would be best to get some help. You could brick your machine.

But my guess is there is probably something wrong with your RAM. But I could be wrong.

Don't hesitate to get some help with this.

[frakacylon]

Is the PC overheating mate? If so, i hope this helps:

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answer...ns-scaleo.html

[bowlinggreen]

As 9876543210 says, your PC is trying to tell you what it thinks is wrong via BIOS codes, which are the beeps. If you can't solve it by plugging it into a different power supply, then unfortunately you likely have a fairly serious problem. The PC can't get past the ROM code at the very beginning of startup, which means it can't access any peripherals, let alone the OS.

If you fiddle around some more and still can't fix it, take it to a repair shop. The GOOD news is you PROBABLY haven't lost your data, the HDD should still be intact even if the motherboard is cooked or the power supply has toasted. If a repair tech tells you the PC is fried, have him pull the HDD and when you buy a new PC get one with an extra bay so you can install that drive in there, then you can get your data back.

[exfarmer]

I managed to get it going for a few minutes and copied off a couple of gigs worth of files but then it started crashing again.

Read somewhere online, can't find the page now, to unplug everything from the back of the computer including the power lead then press and hold in the power button. It seems to reset a few things and stop the bleeping which allowed it to at least try and start normally. Took a few goes but it did start up, after a while it crashed again so I left it overnight and it started up again when I managed to burn a data disc.

Been getting a message that the checksum doesn't match so I'm guessing that it's an operating system fault. I'll leave it until the morning now and try again if I can start it and make a bit more space I may be able to reload windows 8 with all my files moving to the "windows.old" folder.

[axel_ess]

Sounds like ram. Make sure the ram is seated properly. Unplug, remove the battery if it is a laptop, hold the power button down to drain the capacitors then check that the ram is seated properly. I find ram goes bad on laptops quite a bit more than on desktops, possibly due to heat.

[9876543210]

exfarmer,

Originally Posted by exfarmer

Read somewhere online, can't find the page now, to unplug everything from the back of the computer including the power lead then press and hold in the power button. It seems to reset a few things and stop the bleeping which allowed it to at least try and start normally. Took a few goes but it did start up, after a while it crashed again so I left it overnight and it started up again when I managed to burn a data disc.

How old is this machine? I'm really having to go back through the cobwebs of my mind but this sounds like your battery (I think it is called the CMOS battery) might be dead. This battery holds your CMOS settings in a very small amount of memory so that when you boot the system knows how to respond. IF THATS IT (and I'm not saying it is as its been so long since I've seen this), its pretty simple to repair.

You'll need to look on the mobo for a circular silver disk that can be removed. Remove it, go find another and then put the new one back in and reboot. As I remember, all your BIOS settings will be lost but you can reset them at startup.

Again, won't guarantee this is your problem but its worth a try.

Been getting a message that the checksum doesn't match so I'm guessing that it's an operating system fault. I'll leave it until the morning now and try again if I can start it and make a bit more space I may be able to reload windows 8 with all my files moving to the "windows.old" folder.

In my experience, a checksum failure is almost always a RAM problem.

Turn off the computer and pull the power cable. Remove any and all hardware that covers the RAM. Pull ALL of the RAM. Then put one chip back in the 0 RAM slot and reboot. What happens?

IF things go OK then that chip is probably good. If things keep going bad then you might have found a bad chip.

Turn off the machine. Pull the chip you just had in and install the next RAM chip. Reboot. Now what happens?

Repeat for as many chips as are in the machine.

If one of the chips is bad you should be able to figure out which one is the culprit. Kind of a pain process but it works most of the time. If you find the bad chip then keep it out of the machine, go find another of the same exact type and reinstall the new chip. Hopefully, you'll be back to normal.

Good luck!

[seany65]

Perhaps if none of the ram chips work in slot 0, try them in another slot.

I think I vaguely remember having some sort of trouble with a ram slot, in one of my hundreds of problems with previous pc's. I've also had trouble with a graphic card slot.