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08-28-2021 01:33 PM
My PC will suddenly shut down and the fan will produce a loud noise. I need to force it to power off, sometimes it will produce 3 long and 3 short beeps, and I have no idea what it means.
When it works normally, it will never shut down properly, I have to keep pushing and hold the power button for a long time to shut it down.
I checked the HP Support Assistant, there is nothing new for updating BIOS.
08-28-2021 02:38 PM
Hi:
3 long and 3 short beeps/blinks
According to the chart below, it appears your PC has a video problem of some kind.
HP Desktop PCs - Computer Does Not Start and Emits an LED or Beep Code | HP® Customer Support
Hardware | 3.3 | The embedded controller has timed out waiting for BIOS to return from graphics initialization. | Indicates potential graphics chip failure. For integrated configuration:
For non-integrated configuration:
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