Re: intermittent failure to boot, award bios audio code is -..

Ed Medlin wrote:
"Ben Crowell" <crowell07@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:460c8f68$0$1398$4c368faf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sounds like it's the mobo, my first suggestion would be to clear the
CMOS, and go from there. If it's doing "long-short-short" it doesn't
sound like it would be the memory. Could be processor or video. See if
you can find a video card that is cheap but will work. You can
generally find these for nearly $50 or lower. If you end you with a
new card and the system still doesn't work, you'll at least be one
part up on the new low power machine! ;)
Hi Jeff,

Thanks for the advice!

Ben

Your PSU can give errors and intermitten problems too. That would be my next move after the video. (actually it would be my first move because I have good PSUs around, but no video cards..........:-)

Ed


I recently replaced the power supply (just to get more efficiency), and
it didn't affect the problem.
.

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