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HP Pavilion p6-2280ea Desktop PC
Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit)

I switched my ram and I left home without plugging anything in when I came home and plugged my monitor and pc in, I pressed the power button but it gave me blinking orange light with a beeping noise is has 5 beeps then waits 4 or 5 seconds and has 5 beeps on repeat  I do not know what to do I tried to switch the new ram with the old I dusted the ram port and ram stick I did everything  i knew to. 

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hi

you mean that even by replacing the original module, you have exactly the same sequence of beeps?

 

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Yea.Also today i found this unplugged but there isn't anywhere to plug it in

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no

this is probably normal
sata hard drive power cable

HP Desktop PCs - Computer Does Not Start and Emits an LED or Beep Code | HP® Customer Support

small problem the old hp pages have been deleted, sometimes there were other indications
but see here, only 5 does not correspond to anything special, but it is always related to bios / motherboard
unless it is not 5 beeps same lengths, but in total?

don't mind the color you may not have
what matters is long or short

The red light blinks five times, and then two, short white light blinks (5 long red, 2 short white)

The red light blinks five times, and then three, short white light blinks (5 long red, 3 short white)

The red light blinks five times, and then four, short white light blinks (5 long red, 4 short white)

The red light blinks twice, and then three, short white light blinks (2 long red, 3 short white)

The red light blinks three times, and then two, short white light blinks (3 long red, 2 short white)

 

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5 red wait 4 seconds white light then repeat also green light on the back when this happens is on. And its long press to shutdown.

 

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Also the old ram is 2gb and new ram is 4gb 

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All I can tell you is that if we search, in general it would be a memory problem, but not always solved
I don't have the exact configuration here

https://support.hp.com/us-en/product/hp-pavilion-p6-2200-desktop-pc-series/5258508/model/5285209/tro...

but you have one of these three motherboard normally

 

 

if there is a graphics card, and you can connect the monitor to the motherboard, remove it
turn off the computer, unplug the power supply, press the power button for a moment, remove the graphics card, remove the memory module
restart without memory module, to check if same series of beeps
Start over, and replace the original module, connect the screen to the motherboard
If nothing changes, and it's still the same beeps, then all I can suggest is to buy another module
but check the compatibility for the motherboard

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