Help! Computer just died! :(

[Aaron]

Hi,

I was just sitting at my computer, as usual, listening to some music and writing a Word document when I get the blue screen of death (I'm running Windows XP professional).

I don't have time to read it before my system reboots itself. It tries to load Windows but I get another blue screen before it can saying that there might be errors on my hard drive due to a hardware fault and it won't let me go any further.

So I reboot again but this time nothing. All I get it a series of beep coming from my motherboard (one long beep, repeated every 2 seconds or so).

I ripped my computer down to just the CPU, motherboard, RAM and video card (full machine spec is in my sig) and still got the same beeping. I removed the video card and still the same.

Does anyone know what my problem might be? Dead CPU? Dead RAM? Dead motherboard?

Thanks.

[Stoo]

look up the beep code from the mobo manufacturer's website, it should tell you what's up

edit: actually it's the bios brand which matters.. which is yours? Award?

edit2: it would appear to be a ram related problem - http://www.hardcoreware.net/forum/showthread.php?t=3148

[Aaron]

Cheers.

Turns out that one of my RAM chips has died. Anyone know what the warrenty on Crucial RAM is and how good their RMA process is?

[ManDevil]

Lifetime warranty on crucial memory, I think.

[Kimo]

0800 013 0330 is the number you need to get an RMA number. A mate had to return some memory a couple of months back, and found them helpful and fast as you would expect with Crucial.

[5cupa]

just as long as u havent had heatspreaders that voids the warranty

[Agent]

and the stickers are still on them - they are very funny about this !

[Aaron]

Yup, RAM is in perfectly condition (apart from the fact that it doesn't work ) and is now sitting in a static bag.

Thanks for the help guys.