Help!! Defrag hang; now win98 boot problems

maybe is that your hardisk will be fail...

"newmem" <""> escribió en el mensaje
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My machine was working a fine but a little slow so started a defrag. Hang
after 82% completion. No response to Alt-Ctrl-Del at all. Reset machine -
now when I start the machine, it beeps continously (like a siren). The
monitor says "check signal" and then turns off. I pressed "Ctrl" but the
beeping does not stop and there is nothing on the monitor. I put in the

boot

floppy disk in the drive and reset again. There is no attempt to read the
drive. I can only turn off the machine to turn off the beeping.

I have been trying all day to get it to boot.

I would appreciate any help here as I am completely lost !!

Thanks!!

ryan

newmem escribió:

Hi fermu,

I checked that the machine has Award BIOS.

How can I check if it is memory or video issue? I disconnected the RAM chips
from motherboard and rebooted but no success.

I could understand your English perfectly well!

Here is what I did: first I tried unplugging for some time,
plugging in and then reboot. - No Change (NC). Computer on boot beeps
high/low continuously. Monitor does nothing - only says Check Signal
and shuts off.

I cannot enter the BIOS setup at all. Also emergency boot disk is of
no use as machine does not try to read drive on boot.

Tried the following:
(a) Disconnected hard drive from motherboard and reboot. - No Change
(NC)
(b) Removed RAM from board and reboot - (NC)
(c) Checked that everything is seated tight in the slots - (NC)
(d) Cleared CMOS based on jumper instructions provided in motherboard
(OZZY) manual. - (NC).

Note that this started after I had to reset after a defrag (attempt)
that ran for more than a day. I had to reset after 80% completion as
machine seemed to have hanged. There were no chirps from the machine
CPU (dead??) and Alt-Ctrl-Del would not respond.

How can I test if CPY is bad ? I may have to take
it to a shop as I don't have another machine where I can swap CPUs to
see if that will fix it.

Are Intel P3 failures common like this? Well, my machine is 5 years
old now.

Maybe your machine is not as old as i believed... I've use a machine
during ten years without errors o problems :-)

The factors that causes continuous beeping only can be, a memory or a
video problem. Maybe a motherboard issue, i hope that no... but usually
is not caused by other reason. (harddisk, cpu, bios configuration...)

Outright motherboard failure is fairly rare in a new system, and
extremely rare in a system that is already up and running

So, there is only two factors (memory or video), the only thing that you
can do to verify a memory issue, is try to test the ram in other
computer (maybe in a friend's computer??). Try the same for the graphics
board.


Saludos
Fernando M.