beeps 5 times [ Edited ]

[jamisara]

hi...i just bought a cpu from a hospital, and when i went to start it up, it beeps 5 times and the orange light flashes with the beeps. it wont start up. what do i do??

HP Compaq dc5100 sff

[Big_Dave]

Read this article:

HP BIOS beep codes.

[MattM]

sounds like a power supply issue, since the power indicator is flashing red with every beep

[Big_Dave]

Try this procedure:

Trouble Shooting Power Supply Issues. 

[Sooky_MD]

The easiest way to fix the 5 beeps is to turn off PC. Remove memory sticks. Power pc on without sticks. Power PC off. reinsert memory sticks. power back on and wahlah. no more beeps

[rtsbta]

Hello Sir,

I have HP Compaq PC, when I switch on UPS without touching the PC, it starts beeping,

what is the cause of that, please help me.

Karamjit Singh SI,

Range Police I. T. Training Centre Bathinda Punjab, India

[quasirogue]

oh, very good, you need to fit it

[HardBeatZ]

Hello quasirogue,

Was you having an issue? Judging by your post I can't make a determination if you are having a problem or was and have found a solution.

If you are experiencing an issue, please elaborate more before we can start identifying a solution for you.

[maydaymaydayxo]

My HP Windows 7 is not working. It's my school computer and I have to fix it ASAP. It says to hit F3 but when I do, it either does nothing or makes an annoying noise. I hit CTRL+ALT+DEL and then ESC and it took me to the Startup Menu, but only 5 options came up instead of the 8 you listed. I hit all of the buttons on it and nothing helped at all. I don't even know how this happened, my mom was watching Netflix on it and then it started making a loud beepish noise. She turned it off and it hasn't been back to normal since. I do not have a recovery disk or anything of that sort. Please get back to me asap. I cannot get past the "Press F3 to boot to the K12 Restore Utility..." screen. I tried getting to the Startup Menu and did every option there and still no luck. Please, someone get back to me quickly.

[HardBeatZ]

Hello maydaymaydayxo,

Do you have recovery discs for this machine? At the point you are at you may have to run a system recovery with the recovery discs.