Well today as usual I powered ON my PC and guess what?…….well it didn’t start. Instead I heard a long beep for few seconds and then nothing on my monitor. I tried again and the same happened.
Its monsoon here….so I thought it maybe because of moisture……so I kept my cabinet open for like a hour +. When I returned and tried again……same.
I was pissed off…I don’t like my PC off
So I dig in my cabinet. When I power On my PC all fans…..means of CPU, GPU, PSU and my 3 extra fans for intake and exhaust were spinning properly.
So what I did?
first I tried to place those messy PSU cods away from my GPU, as it was too close to it(I know, not a smart thinking ). But on the contrary when I powered my PC ON……it started without that long BEEP. But this time with a message on screen in red color.
Warning!!! The Previous overclocking has failed and the system restored to the default settings
Press any Key to continue
I have never OverClocked my PC.
So I continued and well my PC was ON. I entered my OS and all seemed OK. But it wasn’t.
Whenever I closed my cabinet and kept it vertical…..I was still getting that long BEEP, PC was not starting. So once I tried to start my PC keeping it horizontal…..and while it was running….I kept it vertical. So for an hour it worked fine. As I was just surfing internet, I didn’t notice one thing, that in My Computer Properties though I have 4GB of RAM….my OS was only using 1GB. I have two 2GBs of RAM sticks….how my PC was only using 1 GB from it???? I started my Task Manager and in Performance tab in Physical Memory in front of Total it was just 1024…i.e 1GB.
So what I did?
Well as it was directing toward RAM……I again opened my cabinet. First I removed both my RAM sticks……cleaned the sockets, and also the sticks
(Use a eraser and rub the bottom shiny part(Pins) of RAM). First I only installed one RAM stick. And after that I powered up my PC…..it started. In my BIOS I set the Default Fail settings. I was able to enter my OS. I checked the Performance tab once again and well the Total showed 2048 something……means 2Gb, which was correct for my one RAM stick. I restarted my PC few times so I can check I am not getting that “Long BEEP”, and I didn’t .
After that I installed my second RAM stick….and all went ok. in Performance tab it showed 3500 something, which is 3.5GB correct for a 32-Bit PC, though I have total 4GB RAM . My PC is running ok now.
Remember guys, the above solution is not applicable to all. Even with the same “red message”. As I Googled, I also came to know that such message can indicate a soon expiry of Motherboard….but not always, there can be many other hardware reasons which can be solved easily. I will see how long my PC works fine…I hope it will survive .
So what I learned?
Well, whenever computers have problems…….just find for simple clues and observe to get to conclusions. Internet/googling is really a good help. keep your PC clean as possible.
