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by paradimes

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Need some help on this please:

Using, or rather was using an Intel DP35DP with 4gb patriot memory 2x2;

Yesterday the computer just froze; no updates, no new software etc...now it won't go past the flash screen that shows the video card and memory. Cursor just stops/freezes; will sit here on a black screen all day.

With the memory in, there are no bios beeps. When I remove it..there are 3 long beeps. When I use one stick, then the other, there are still 3 long beeps...when I remove the video card, still 3 long beeps. I don't think there is an issue with the power supply. I've removed all the pci cards--2 seperate ethernet cards...no change--still 3 long beeps.

The only thing I seem to find is a reference to 3270 keyboard card..

Would anyone have any idea on what this is, the cause..a fix?

I have no idea who makes the bios...it was home built and working for the better part of a year...I was running 32 bit xp-

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by bfilmfan

A 3270 is not a keyboard card. It is an adaptor card that allows a PC to emulate a mainframe terminal.

You can usually find the name of the BIOS chip printed on it. Witht he case off, scan the motherboard and write down the names on any of the LARGER chips, as BIOS chips tend to be fairly good size chips.

Then go to http://bioscentral.com/ and look up the beep code for your model, but generally 3 long beeps means you have a keyboard error.

Most of the modern system boards do not use a keyboard adaptor card, but have IO directly on the system board. This means you either have a bad keyboard, which is easy to test by replacing it and seeing if the issue goes away or the much worse case that you've got a failed system board, which means you will have to replace it (think new computer time).

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