I have an HP Pavilion 7905 model. Its about 5 or so years old, running XP
Pro. I turned on the computer today and got 4 single beeps. The monitor
says its in Power Save Mode. Activate Using PC. I powered up again and got a
different series of beeps. Wasn't expecting that so I don't remember the
beeps. Tried power again and got no beeps, including the POST single beep.
Monitor still says the same thing. I tried diferrent monitors, and different
video cards with the same results. Is my motherboard done? Any help will be
greatly appreciated. Thank you.

I forgot to mention the power led on the monitor and tower both go green to
yellow after a minute or so.

"Ogrish" wrote:

> I have an HP Pavilion 7905 model. Its about 5 or so years old, running XP
> Pro. I turned on the computer today and got 4 single beeps. The monitor
> says its in Power Save Mode. Activate Using PC. I powered up again and got a
> different series of beeps. Wasn't expecting that so I don't remember the
> beeps. Tried power again and got no beeps, including the POST single beep.
> Monitor still says the same thing. I tried diferrent monitors, and different
> video cards with the same results. Is my motherboard done? Any help will be
> greatly appreciated. Thank you.

I finally duplicated the other beep pattern. 1-3-4-3 Test 512K base
memory. What does that mean? Please tell me i can fix it.

"Ogrish" wrote:

> I have an HP Pavilion 7905 model. Its about 5 or so years old, running XP
> Pro. I turned on the computer today and got 4 single beeps. The monitor
> says its in Power Save Mode. Activate Using PC. I powered up again and got a
> different series of beeps. Wasn't expecting that so I don't remember the
> beeps. Tried power again and got no beeps, including the POST single beep.
> Monitor still says the same thing. I tried diferrent monitors, and different
> video cards with the same results. Is my motherboard done? Any help will be
> greatly appreciated. Thank you.

"Ogrish" <Ogrish@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:5ECC9BC7-A94E-4EB9-A956-00EC3F8D7C17@microsoft.com...
>I have an HP Pavilion 7905 model. Its about 5 or so years old, running XP
> Pro. I turned on the computer today and got 4 single beeps. The monitor
> says its in Power Save Mode. Activate Using PC. I powered up again and
> got a
> different series of beeps. Wasn't expecting that so I don't remember the
> beeps. Tried power again and got no beeps, including the POST single
> beep.
> Monitor still says the same thing. I tried diferrent monitors, and
> different
> video cards with the same results. Is my motherboard done? Any help will
> be
> greatly appreciated. Thank you.

You can find the meaning of bios beep codes here -
http://www.bioscentral.com/

--
Jim

"Ogrish" <Ogrish@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote

>I have an HP Pavilion 7905 model. Its about 5 or so years old, running XP
> Pro. I turned on the computer today and got 4 single beeps. The monitor
> says its in Power Save Mode. Activate Using PC. I powered up again and
> got a
> different series of beeps. Wasn't expecting that so I don't remember the
> beeps. Tried power again and got no beeps, including the POST single
> beep.
> Monitor still says the same thing. I tried diferrent monitors, and
> different
> video cards with the same results. Is my motherboard done? Any help will
> be
> greatly appreciated. Thank you.

It's a hardware issue, not OS related. Contact HP tech support or a
competent local computer repair shop.

--
Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]

On Feb 10, 8:04 pm, Ogrish <Ogr...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> I have an HP Pavilion 7905 model. Its about 5 or so years old, running XP
> Pro. I turned on the computer today and got 4 single beeps. The monitor
> says its in Power Save Mode. Activate Using PC. I powered up again and got a
> different series of beeps. Wasn't expecting that so I don't remember the
> beeps. Tried power again and got no beeps, including the POST single beep.
> Monitor still says the same thing. I tried diferrent monitors, and different
> video cards with the same results. Is my motherboard done? Any help will be
> greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Try reseating the RAM. Also, try different (but compatible) RAM.

Hardware like motherboard?

"Rock" wrote:

> "Ogrish" <Ogrish@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
>
> >I have an HP Pavilion 7905 model. Its about 5 or so years old, running XP
> > Pro. I turned on the computer today and got 4 single beeps. The monitor
> > says its in Power Save Mode. Activate Using PC. I powered up again and
> > got a
> > different series of beeps. Wasn't expecting that so I don't remember the
> > beeps. Tried power again and got no beeps, including the POST single
> > beep.
> > Monitor still says the same thing. I tried diferrent monitors, and
> > different
> > video cards with the same results. Is my motherboard done? Any help will
> > be
> > greatly appreciated. Thank you.
>
> It's a hardware issue, not OS related. Contact HP tech support or a
> competent local computer repair shop.
>
> --
> Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]
>
>

I reseated the ram, and tried old ram that came with the machine. No progress.

"paulmd@efn.org" wrote:

> On Feb 10, 8:04 pm, Ogrish <Ogr...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> > I have an HP Pavilion 7905 model. Its about 5 or so years old, running XP
> > Pro. I turned on the computer today and got 4 single beeps. The monitor
> > says its in Power Save Mode. Activate Using PC. I powered up again and got a
> > different series of beeps. Wasn't expecting that so I don't remember the
> > beeps. Tried power again and got no beeps, including the POST single beep.
> > Monitor still says the same thing. I tried diferrent monitors, and different
> > video cards with the same results. Is my motherboard done? Any help will be
> > greatly appreciated. Thank you.
>
> Try reseating the RAM. Also, try different (but compatible) RAM.
>
>
>

On Feb 10, 8:51 pm, Ogrish <Ogr...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> I reseated the ram, and tried old ram that came with the machine. No progress.
>

Then can it, it's the motherboard. (it could be processor too, but
that involves spending money to find out). I have seen dead processors
on occasion.

To verify: remove/unplug *everything* except RAM and Video. If it
still beeps, it's toast.

"Ogrish" <Ogrish@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:69F1797A-2F3B-4420-8183-1DBD4E034C90@microsoft.com...
> Hardware like motherboard?
>
> "Rock" wrote:
>
>> "Ogrish" <Ogrish@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
>>
>> >I have an HP Pavilion 7905 model. Its about 5 or so years old, running
>> >XP
>> > Pro. I turned on the computer today and got 4 single beeps. The
>> > monitor
>> > says its in Power Save Mode. Activate Using PC. I powered up again and
>> > got a
>> > different series of beeps. Wasn't expecting that so I don't remember
>> > the
>> > beeps. Tried power again and got no beeps, including the POST single
>> > beep.
>> > Monitor still says the same thing. I tried diferrent monitors, and
>> > different
>> > video cards with the same results. Is my motherboard done? Any help
>> > will
>> > be
>> > greatly appreciated. Thank you.
>>
>> It's a hardware issue, not OS related. Contact HP tech support or a
>> competent local computer repair shop.


Memory, motherboard, CPU, the point is it's in the hardware, not the OS, so
you should post to a hardware group.

--
Rock [MS-MVP User/Shell]

"Ogrish" <Ogrish@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hardware like motherboard?
>

You'd best make a backup of all critical files if you havent already got a
recent one.

"Ogrish" <Ogrish@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:5ECC9BC7-A94E-4EB9-A956-00EC3F8D7C17@microsoft.com...
>I have an HP Pavilion 7905 model. Its about 5 or so years old, running XP
> Pro. I turned on the computer today and got 4 single beeps. The monitor
> says its in Power Save Mode. Activate Using PC. I powered up again and
> got a
> different series of beeps. Wasn't expecting that so I don't remember the
> beeps. Tried power again and got no beeps, including the POST single
> beep.
> Monitor still says the same thing. I tried diferrent monitors, and
> different
> video cards with the same results. Is my motherboard done? Any help will
> be
> greatly appreciated. Thank you.

If you go to http://www.bioscentral.com/ you will be able to see what 4
beeps indicates. That's what the beep codes are for - to identify which
hardware device is failing. Why guess?

--
Jim