> On Thursday 21 July 2005 21:45, Ken Elliott wrote:
> > BoB:
> > >> Powered up my box today and got one long continuous beep until I
> > >> powered
> >
> > it off.
> >
> > >> Luckily I retried and it fired up OK.
> >
> > I have a box that does that. I think it's a VIA-based Athlon
> > motherboard. If I lose power, once restored all I'll get is long
> > beeps. If I unplug it, it will 'reset' and can start fine. Its
done
> > this so many times, I realized it was a 'feature', designed to freak
> > you out once, and afterward inform you that you lost power.
> >
> Thanks for replying Ken,
>
> Hmmmmm, my board is also a via athlon. But I've never had this happen
> before. I will pay closer attention the next time.
>
> Bob S.
You may possibly have a situation where the power supply
is either under-powered for the hardware you have, or has
another problem, where one of the buss lines is not coming
up to proper voltage fast enough. If you can get a higher
wattage supply, and swap it out, that may be worth trying.
Having a bunch of compliance labels etc on it is also good.
- Bob
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