5 BEEP on abnormal startup!
Nost54 -
Hello/Hi!
Since a change of components, I have a little problem.
My computer was working very well when it was refurbished, but when I brought it home, my PC emits 5 long beeps for no reason since it was functioning when the technician had it.
I have looked at several forums, videos, and even asked questions to professionals, and none know where the problem comes from or how to fix it. However, it's not a component issue, so there's no need for me to give my configuration. I've also done a lot of cleaning, many hardware checks, and tried many little tips, but to no avail.
Who could enlighten me and find out what's wrong???
(On Google, it says that the 5 long beeps are due to an electrical problem and that the motherboard isn't receiving enough power, but I have a new power supply that is 700W).
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Hello,
Just a few thoughts in the form of comments for the ordinary visitors of the forum, which the requester is not obligated to take into account, as a forum is not a customer service but a place for exchanging ideas.
When I brought it home, my PC emitted 5 long beeps for no reason since it was working when the technician had it.
In such cases, it needs to be taken back to the technician, who should know better than the customer and is supposed to return functional equipment and be able to verify what they have done.
Since a change of components In my opinion, the technician should check that the BIOS version corresponds to the installed processor and the motherboard.
I asked questions to some pros, and not all know where the problem comes from or how to solve it.
If even professionals cannot diagnose a malfunction, how could it be done remotely, through forum participants?
However, it’s not a component issue, so there’s no need for me to provide my configuration. This statement contradicts everything I have read for 40 years on many forums.
One cannot seriously make a hypothesis without knowing what platform one is on, especially since the beeps are messages encoded in the hardware firmware, functioning even and especially in the absence of an installed OS, to indicate component failures. But there may be participants who know how to do so.
The sound alerts vary according to the BIOS (the number of beeps does not signify the same thing depending on the BIOS).
A bunch of little tips it would be interesting to list them, firstly to share with readers (as is customary on forums) and secondly, and most importantly, to avoid having clumsy readers recommend the same ones that haven't been proven.
On Google, it says that 5 long beeps are due to an electrical problem. Could you provide links corresponding to your searches?
Hello,
The BIOS beeps, whatever one may say, are not a software issue but a hardware one, and therefore related to components.
The only translation found for 5 long beeps is not related to "electricity" (power supply?) but to a failure of the graphics card in AMI BIOS:
https://www.vulgarisation-informatique.com/bips-bios.php
That said, indeed, to each their own: if this malfunction occurred after a technician's intervention, it is up to them to address it.
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Of course it is!
The BIOS checks all the hardware configuration, so it's obviously hardware.
If the PC was working without beeping at one point and isn't anymore, it's that a component has failed or that it is no longer properly connected to the motherboard.
On a motherboard with UEFI BIOS, 5 beeps indeed correspond to a graphics card problem.
If that's really the case, is it due to an incompatibility with the motherboard? Because it was working perfectly before the component change. Now it's 5 years old.
Hello!
Even when I unplug my graphics card, my PC beeps, but since my processor doesn't handle graphics display. I also tested my graphics card with a software and it works. Even when I play, it doesn't bug.
Hi again!
So, at the technician's place, it still works and it's impossible to know the breakdown since it works. Each component is compatible, so there are no worries about that.
Yeah, I think you'll be more useful on a forum and most of you are respectful and don't look down on people.
If you want to know, my motherboard is a Gigabyte and yes, giving my configuration won't change anything because I don’t want to be told again to test each component.
On Gigabyte motherboards, 5 long beeps mean there's a power issue, and to find that, I just typed "5 long beeps on startup" and it immediately stated what the issue was.
From everything I've done, I can't give you a list, but I can already tell you that it comes from neither the motherboard, nor the processor, nor the RAM, nor the graphics card, nor the hard drives, nor the peripherals, and not the wiring.
After that, I really think it's an issue related to the electricity in my house and not the computer. Because the only room where my computer works properly is in my basement.
However, I forgot to mention that I can't access the BIOS because of the beeping. In my opinion, it beeps and does some sort of reboot.