New PC won't boot

Not strictly Vista, as I haven't got that far yet

I have just bought a new Medion PC from Tesco. I followed all the
instructions for cabling and connections, but on first switch on, there was
a continual beeping sound. (POST??) There was no display on the monitor, and
the PC wouldn't boot. It sounds as if the disk drives are spinning up. The
beeping continues until the PC is powered down

Anyone any ideas please - before I take it back.

Thanks,

Steve

you can try to identify the problem on this page.

'Computer Post / Beep codes' (http://www.computerhope.com/beep.htm)

if you know what kind of BIOS is has it will be easyier


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Take it back. If you are getting bios beep codes there is a post
problem. This is a hardware error and it is down to tesco to
repair/replace the item under the consumer act free of charge. If you
try to fix it yourself you will invalidate the warrenty.
I dont think it is a post code as I have never heard of a countinual
beep unless there is a cooling problem.


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Just take it back. Don't mess with it or you'll make it worse. ;-)

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"Steve Paddock" <steve.paddock@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
news:66252EB6-2079-4955-8876-4FD2C6A84E1D@microsoft.com...
> Not strictly Vista, as I haven't got that far yet
>
> I have just bought a new Medion PC from Tesco. I followed all the
> instructions for cabling and connections, but on first switch on, there
> was a continual beeping sound. (POST??) There was no display on the
> monitor, and the PC wouldn't boot. It sounds as if the disk drives are
> spinning up. The beeping continues until the PC is powered down
>
> Anyone any ideas please - before I take it back.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Steve

You can count the number of beeps and based on our BIOS you can tell what
part is not working.
If you never see anything on your monitor then I suspect that I suspect that
it is not corrected properly. Maybe it is connected crooked so all pins are
not connected.

"Steve Paddock" <steve.paddock@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
news:66252EB6-2079-4955-8876-4FD2C6A84E1D@microsoft.com...
> Not strictly Vista, as I haven't got that far yet
>
> I have just bought a new Medion PC from Tesco. I followed all the
> instructions for cabling and connections, but on first switch on, there
> was a continual beeping sound. (POST??) There was no display on the
> monitor, and the PC wouldn't boot. It sounds as if the disk drives are
> spinning up. The beeping continues until the PC is powered down
>
> Anyone any ideas please - before I take it back.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Steve

Thanks for all the advice. I will be returning the item to Tesco's later
today.

Steve

"JW" <JW@nospam.nspam> wrote in message
news:E6A4063C-3070-4736-952B-24E1319DA49E@microsoft.com...
> You can count the number of beeps and based on our BIOS you can tell what
> part is not working.
> If you never see anything on your monitor then I suspect that I suspect
> that it is not corrected properly. Maybe it is connected crooked so all
> pins are not connected.
>
> "Steve Paddock" <steve.paddock@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:66252EB6-2079-4955-8876-4FD2C6A84E1D@microsoft.com...
>> Not strictly Vista, as I haven't got that far yet
>>
>> I have just bought a new Medion PC from Tesco. I followed all the
>> instructions for cabling and connections, but on first switch on, there
>> was a continual beeping sound. (POST??) There was no display on the
>> monitor, and the PC wouldn't boot. It sounds as if the disk drives are
>> spinning up. The beeping continues until the PC is powered down
>>
>> Anyone any ideas please - before I take it back.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Steve
>

Don't start investigating the problem yourself, take it straight back.
Continuous beeping could indicate that the power supply unit is faulty,
especially if the pitch of the beep sound similar to a UK fire engine.

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"Steve Paddock" <steve.paddock@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
news:66252EB6-2079-4955-8876-4FD2C6A84E1D@microsoft.com...
> Not strictly Vista, as I haven't got that far yet
>
> I have just bought a new Medion PC from Tesco. I followed all the
> instructions for cabling and connections, but on first switch on, there
> was a continual beeping sound. (POST??) There was no display on the
> monitor, and the PC wouldn't boot. It sounds as if the disk drives are
> spinning up. The beeping continues until the PC is powered down
>
> Anyone any ideas please - before I take it back.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Steve

Thanks for all the advice. The PC has now been exchanged and all now seems
OK


"John Barnett MVP" <freelance@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
news:AAC7232E-F57D-403F-A822-88C9CA2DD0DF@microsoft.com...
> Don't start investigating the problem yourself, take it straight back.
> Continuous beeping could indicate that the power supply unit is faulty,
> especially if the pitch of the beep sound similar to a UK fire engine.
>
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> "Steve Paddock" <steve.paddock@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:66252EB6-2079-4955-8876-4FD2C6A84E1D@microsoft.com...
>> Not strictly Vista, as I haven't got that far yet
>>
>> I have just bought a new Medion PC from Tesco. I followed all the
>> instructions for cabling and connections, but on first switch on, there
>> was a continual beeping sound. (POST??) There was no display on the
>> monitor, and the PC wouldn't boot. It sounds as if the disk drives are
>> spinning up. The beeping continues until the PC is powered down
>>
>> Anyone any ideas please - before I take it back.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Steve
>

Glad you got things sorted!

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"Steve Paddock" <steve.paddock@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
news:%23WbPAXdPIHA.4712@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> Thanks for all the advice. The PC has now been exchanged and all now
> seems OK
>
>
> "John Barnett MVP" <freelance@invalid.invalid> wrote in message
> news:AAC7232E-F57D-403F-A822-88C9CA2DD0DF@microsoft.com...
>> Don't start investigating the problem yourself, take it straight back.
>> Continuous beeping could indicate that the power supply unit is faulty,
>> especially if the pitch of the beep sound similar to a UK fire engine.
>>
>> --
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>> John Barnett MVP
>> Associate Expert
>> Windows - Shell/User
>>
>> Web: http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org
>> Web: http://vistasupport.mvps.org
>>
>> The information in this mail/post is supplied "as is". No warranty of any
>> kind, either expressed or implied, is made in relation to the accuracy,
>> reliability or content of this mail/post. The Author shall not be liable
>> for any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential damages arising out
>> of the use of, or inability to use, information or opinions expressed in
>> this mail/post..
>>
>> "Steve Paddock" <steve.paddock@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
>> news:66252EB6-2079-4955-8876-4FD2C6A84E1D@microsoft.com...
>>> Not strictly Vista, as I haven't got that far yet
>>>
>>> I have just bought a new Medion PC from Tesco. I followed all the
>>> instructions for cabling and connections, but on first switch on, there
>>> was a continual beeping sound. (POST??) There was no display on the
>>> monitor, and the PC wouldn't boot. It sounds as if the disk drives are
>>> spinning up. The beeping continues until the PC is powered down
>>>
>>> Anyone any ideas please - before I take it back.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Steve
>>
>