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October 4, 2009 at 08:21 PM
jeffreyalejo

Characters appears when I turn-on my PC

by jeffreyalejo . Updated 16 years, 8 months ago

Whenever I turn-on my PC, characters appears on my monitor and hangs there even before it loads my OS. I can’t even enter my BIOS because it hangs immediately.

This problem occurs when I reformatted my Hard Disk and the installation of the new copy of OS failed.

Here are the things that I’ve done so far:

1. I cleaned the Memory Cards and the slots. I started the PC without a Memory card and it beeps which means it knows that a Memory card is not present.

2. I cleaned the Video Card and the AGP slot. I started the PC without the Video card and it beeps followed by short beeps which means it knows that the Video card is not present.

3. I cleaned the Processor and its slot. I started the PC without the Processor and nothing happens (the display is black).

4. I removed the Hard Disk Drive and started the PC. The characters still appears and I can’t enter the BIOS.

5. I removed the CMOS Battery for 30 minutes. I put it back and started the PC, the same problem occurs.

6. I removed the jumper near the CMOS Battery. I put it back and started the PC, the same problem occurs.

7. The PC has a 500w Power Supply and has 1 80GB Hard Disk and 1 DVD ROM.

Those are the things that I’ve done so far and none of them solves my problem. Any help from you guys is appreciated.

Thanks in advance!

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