I tried turning on my Dell computer this morning and found that it will not start up. Well, once its powered on, I immediately get a beeping noise and the light on the 2nd dvd burner drive blinks, then it all stops. The computer seems to be on, but nothing appears on the monitor and the monitor is working properly. I had no previous error messages or viruses, so what could problem be????

Hello Simmy,

First things first,

With out powering on take a look at the back of your PC, where the power cord is pluged in the back,-----keep watching---now boot up PC, does the fan on the PSU work and does it keep going, give it 30secs or so.

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Johanus

Yes, the fan is running. I can tell the computer is actually on due to the normal humming sound, but no display on monitor. Monitor light stays orange as if the pc is not on and all connections connected properly.

Originally Posted by simmy

I tried turning on my Dell computer this morning and found that it will not start up. Well, once its powered on, I immediately get a beeping noise and the light on the 2nd dvd burner drive blinks, then it all stops.

How many beeps do you get?

have you tried seeing if it will boot into safe mode?

What is the Model of Dell? Dimension/Optiplex? Desktop, Mid/Mini/SFF?

Originally Posted by brain_damage

How many beeps do you get?

have you tried seeing if it will boot into safe mode?

3 quick beeps with light flashing, then it just stops

Originally Posted by AphJN

What is the Model of Dell? Dimension/Optiplex? Desktop, Mid/Mini/SFF?

It's a Dell Dimension Desktop

What is the exact model?

http://support.dell.com/support/topi...t/en/dimension

Beep Codes
Your computer might emit a series of beeps during start-up if the monitor cannot display errors or problems. This series of beeps, called a beep code, identifies a problem. One possible beep code (code 1-3-1) consists of one beep, a burst of three beeps, and then one beep. This beep code tells you that the computer encountered a memory problem.

Reseating the memory modules may fix the beep code errors in the following table. If the problem persists, see "Contacting Dell" in your Owner's Manual for instructions on obtaining technical assistance.

Code
Cause

1-3-1 through 2-4-4
Memory not being properly identified or used

4-3-1
Memory failure above address 0FFFFh



If you hear one of the following beep codes, see "Contacting Dell" in your Owner's Manual for instructions on obtaining technical assistance.

Code
Cause

1-1-2
Microprocessor register failure

1-1-3
NVRAM

1-1-4
ROM BIOS checksum failure

1-2-1
Programmable interval timer

1-2-2
DMA initialization failure

1-2-3
DMA page register read/write failure

3-1-1
Slave DMA register failure

3-1-2
Master DMA register failure

3-1-3
Master interrupt mask register failure

3-1-4
Slave interrupt mask register failure

3-2-2
Interrupt vector loading failure

3-2-4
Keyboard Controller Test failure

3-3-1
NVRAM power loss

3-3-2
NVRAM configuration

3-3-4
Video Memory Test failure

3-4-1
Screen initialization failure

3-4-2
Screen retrace failure

3-4-3
Search for video ROM failure

4-2-1
No time tick

4-2-2
Shutdown failure

4-2-3
Gate A20 failure

4-2-4
Unexpected interrupt in protected mode

4-3-3
Timer-chip counter 2 failure

4-3-4
Time-of-day clock stopped

4-4-1
Serial or parallel port test failure

4-4-4
Cache test failure


http://support.dell.com/support/edoc....htm#wp1052968

Hey thank you all for all of your help. Guess what, this morning my computer started right up with no problems...go figure. Must have been a temporary problem that fixed itself thank God!