anonymous
Thu May 20 02:40:40 CDT 2004
>-----Original Message-----
>Yours is, most likely an AMI Bios, as it is the only one
that has a beep
>code of 5 beeps. The beep codes will vary with a
different Bios. Five
>beeps usually indicates a process failure. Try
reseating the memory and
>rebooting. If that doesn't help, you should consider
another motherboard.
>You could probably get away with just replacing the CPU,
but that may or may
>not be cost-effective.
>
> Heirloom, old and doesn't
sound good
>
>
>"Don" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
>news:f73d01c43dee$a9e03350$a501280a@phx.gbl...
>> formated hard drive installed ME. When system boots i
get
>> 5 beeps and then i will get sytem protection error. you
>> must restart windows. system halted. this is on a blue
>> screen. iwould appreciate anyones help.
>>
>> thank you
>
>
>.Thank you for your response. From looking at articles
I've found on the net it looks like the cpu and or the
board are the cause of the problem.
thank you again and have a good day.
>