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Computer POST / beep codes Quick links POST ABCsThe steps of a POSTPOST troubleshootingAMI BIOS beep codesAward BIOS beep codesIBM BIOS beep codesMacintosh startup tonesPhoenix BIOS beep codesMotherboard help POST ABCs The computer power-on self-test (POST) tests the computer to make sure it meets the necessary system requirements and that all hardware is working properly [...]

Award BIOS Post Codes Unfortunately there are many versions of the Award BIOS, and they are supported not by one company, but by the motherboard maker. Award’s website states “Award Software software products are sold to a board or system manufacturer (“hardware vendor”), who customizes them further before selling the system. Award Software cannot supply [...]

More is always less, you always have to maintain Computer in such a way that you get speedy startup and execution of Computer system. There are endless junk files to clean up, services to be tweaked, startup programs to eliminate, and hundreds of Windows settings to optimize: it’s hard to know where to begin. Unless, [...]

SpeedUpMyPC 2010 Performance of Windows based computer deteriorate when new programs and services are installed. These actions create unwanted files and folders and change several settings in Windows, that are hard to track for a normal user. These changes result in poor application response, slow system start-up, decrease in network speeds, and over all drop [...]

POST troubleshooting steps. Question: POST troubleshooting steps. Additional information: This document is intended to help users who are experiencing issues with the POST and may have any of the below symptoms. Computer beeps irregularly when the computer is turned on. Computer turns on but does not boot. Turn on the computer but doesn’t do anything. [...]

If you’re experiencing computer trouble, these popular computer diagnostic tools can help you save money by troubleshooting the PC yourself, without the need to take it to an expensive computer repair shop. Computer diagnostics can be done on several different levels, by running software, visiting sites that can automatically perform checks, and by physically adding [...]

Introduction The BIOS or Basic Input/Output System is the basic controller that allows all of the components that make up a computer system to talk to one another. But in order for this to happen, there are a number of things that the BIOS needs to know how to do. This is why the settings [...]

Various PC problem related solutions collected from newsgroups. From alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt FAQ 2.3 I built my own computer. It doesn’t boot. Why not? This is the crux of the homebuilder’s dilemma. You’ve spent weeks selecting components, ordering them, painstakingly assembling a computer, and now the thing doesn’t turn on. But you have no one to turn [...]