darkzar99 Posted July 25, 2006 Share Posted July 25, 2006 ok my new capacitors came today and i soldered them in, but the motherboard is still broken. when i turn on the computer it does the same thing it did before, it gives me 12 beeps the first to are fast, then a short pause, then 8 beeps and then another pause then 2 more beeps is there any hope left? (btw the model of the computer is a gateway k7-950) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rFayjW98ciLoNQLDZmFRKD Posted July 25, 2006 Share Posted July 25, 2006 If you can find out what MoBo is inside, a quick Google can tell you what the beeps mean. There are also some bords that tell you the mobo's error code. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkzar99 Posted July 25, 2006 Author Share Posted July 25, 2006 well i made a decision, i think it would be easiest if i just spent $25 on ebay to buy a new motherboard, i cant find anything on google, the model is ms-6330, as far as i know the cpu is still good so buying a new motherboard will probably be easiest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
l0gic Posted July 25, 2006 Share Posted July 25, 2006 If you can find out what MoBo is inside, a quick Google can tell you what the beeps mean. There are also some bords that tell you the mobo's error code. +3 points for the colorization +1 extra point for getting the colors correct Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 25, 2006 Share Posted July 25, 2006 well i made a decision, i think it would be easiest if i just spent $25 on ebay to buy a new motherboard, i cant find anything on google, the model is ms-6330, as far as i know the cpu is still good so buying a new motherboard will probably be easiest how do you know its the motherboard, those beeps might be the motherboard telling you the cpu is gone. If you know who made the motherboard you can go to there site and download a copy of the manual that will tell you what is actually wrong with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rFayjW98ciLoNQLDZmFRKD Posted July 25, 2006 Share Posted July 25, 2006 If you can find out what MoBo is inside, a quick Google can tell you what the beeps mean. There are also some bords that tell you the mobo's error code. +3 points for the colorization +1 extra point for getting the colors correct Thank you, I had to look the colors up on Google Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkzar99 Posted July 25, 2006 Author Share Posted July 25, 2006 well i made a decision, i think it would be easiest if i just spent $25 on ebay to buy a new motherboard, i cant find anything on google, the model is ms-6330, as far as i know the cpu is still good so buying a new motherboard will probably be easiest how do you know its the motherboard, those beeps might be the motherboard telling you the cpu is gone. If you know who made the motherboard you can go to there site and download a copy of the manual that will tell you what is actually wrong with it. well see i bought this from a friend, two compters identical, one worked and the other didnt, when he was trying to take the heatsink off of one of them, for some reason he was using a screw driver to remove the clip holding it on and it slipped off and chipped the corner off of a very small chip, i didnt realize until just a few minutes ago that he also bent 2 pins on another chip beside that one and they are shorted, along with all of that was the capacitors, so i will put the cpu from that one into the motherboard of the one working and that will tell me for the beep codes the technical description is "2-8-2", i couldnt find anything in the manual online for the motherboard, nor on gateway's site Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonlit Posted July 26, 2006 Share Posted July 26, 2006 Google Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted July 26, 2006 Share Posted July 26, 2006 Google You know I'm going to save that bbcode in a text file for future use :D darkzar99, it's posible that it's actualy compaining about multiple things, so while you have a beep patten of 2-8-2, the beeps might be compleatly seperate. Although it seems unlikly, it's posible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonlit Posted July 26, 2006 Share Posted July 26, 2006 I just saved it... I posted that by accident while testing the bbcode lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrytone Posted July 26, 2006 Share Posted July 26, 2006 Google You know I'm going to save that bbcode in a text file for future use :D I wonder if Darren could apply it as a word filter? ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arvara Posted July 26, 2006 Share Posted July 26, 2006 I would recommend reseating the RAM, especially for the number of beeps. If reseating/swapping out the RAM doesn't help then try the same with the video card. Those beeps are part of the POST check, they are supposed to let you know if the POST check encounters any problems while scanning your hardware. Kudos to you if you get it working, I have a board at home with two blown capacitors and if this is all it takes well, *shrug*, it never hurts to have a functional board lying around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren Kitchen Posted July 26, 2006 Share Posted July 26, 2006 Google +5 Redundant. And since when did we start moderating the forums slashdot style? Damn, someone tell me there's a plugin for phpBB. Erg, this place would be so damn cool if we had a decent forum admin. Current management is lazy! They suck! Screw Hak.wait. Yeah, no, I'm just too uber busy producing the show. :( Ok, now that I've taken us +5 Off Topic I'll digress and hope to get a PM from a badass phpBB nerd that makes me schreak with joy. PS: In soviet russia hak5 watches you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sentinel Posted July 26, 2006 Share Posted July 26, 2006 Google +5 Redundant. And since when did we start moderating the forums slashdot style? Damn, someone tell me there's a plugin for phpBB. Erg, this place would be so damn cool if we had a decent forum admin. Current management is lazy! They suck! Screw Hak.wait. Yeah, no, I'm just too uber busy producing the show. :( Ok, now that I've taken us +5 Off Topic I'll digress and hope to get a PM from a badass phpBB nerd that makes me schreak with joy. PS: In soviet russia hak5 watches you! Mod parent up. Best. Post. Ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rFayjW98ciLoNQLDZmFRKD Posted July 26, 2006 Share Posted July 26, 2006 BBCode: Google Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonlit Posted July 26, 2006 Share Posted July 26, 2006 BBCode: [color=blue]G[/color][color=red]o[/color][color=yellow]o[/color][color=blue]g[/color][color=green]l[/color][color=red]e[/color] With link to www.google.com: [url=www.google.com][color=blue]G[/color][color=red]o[/color][color=yellow]o[/color][color=blue]g[/color][color=green]l[/color][color=red]e[/color][/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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