When a computer is first powered up it runs a "Power On Self Test" (POST). Many people call it a "POST test", but of course, that's redundant.
The POST runs through some basic systems, verifying that the computer is capable, at a very basic level, of running.
3 short beeps means that you have a problem with RAM.
RAM is VERY static sensitive. Your friend could have subjected the RAM to static electrical charges and not even known that he/she was doing it.
Remove the memory, put it in a static free container and take it to your local computer geek shop and have it tested. I'll include a link to a web site that lists the "Beep codes" and their meaning. http://www.computerhope.com/beep.htm
He liked to pretend that he was a robot by making beeping and other robotic sounds. -Mimi
I really had a hard time making my watch stop beep every hour so I just took the battery's out!
The art of making a computer do what you want it to do is called programming.
Love, Emotions and Decision making these are the limits of a computer.
I belive it was Steve Jobs. Apple Computer
tell your friend no back off
computer science is about computers while computer engerneering is the making of computers.
American industry started the revolution in computer-aided sign making in 1983
They can vary from annoying, to making your computer completely unusable.
Computer piracy is illegally making copies of computer software, CD's, DVD,s etc.
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