Hello everyone,

Ive had my computer for about three years now and never had a problem with it until yesterday. When i went to turn it on the tower itself made a long beep noise about once every three seconds. The monitor is working fine as across the screen i get the message 'no input signal' so i guessed it must have been the actual tower which was the problem. After calling a PC help clinic I was told it was probably hardware related but they would charge £39.50 per hour +VAT + part costs. Being a typical man i thought i'd give it a go myself, so after calling a tech mate of a mate, he told me it would be an easy job of taking off the shell and making sure the memory stick and CPU was properly attached. After an hour of aggro I managed getting the shell off and start working on making sure all wires and connections were secure, they appeared to be. But when i plugged the PC back into the mains, now it wont even turn on! I had another look inside the tower while it was connected to the mains and found that a part labeled HYCOM HY-05 with the battery '+' symbol on it was making a strange vibrating noisewhich stopped every time i touched it. could this be the problem and can anybody help?!

Here is some information that may help you:

PC: Packard Bell Ixtreme, AMD Athlon XP 2600+, 60GB, 512MB
Operating System: Windows XP SP2

This link has more detailed information:

http://support.packardbell.com/uk/it...2003701&g=1400

I'm about as technical as a monkey so any help would be great, the only reason i don't want to take it to a PC Help Shop is because i don't want to go not knowing what the problem is as they may charge me a bomb for something simple!

thanks for any help!

Were you aware of possible static issues working inside the box? Here is a good brief guide:

http://www.d-a-l.com/articles/library/72.html

You should never touch hardware with a computer powered on.

HYCOM HY-05 appears to be the motherboards speaker.


First off read the ESD article.

Then try removing the RAM sticks. Then replace only one of them in the first slot. Try to boot.

If no good then move to another slot and try again.

We can try to help you troubleshoot although it might take a bit of trial and error.

im having that same problem right now... did u fix it?