3 long beeps and 3 short beeps from the motherboard

[vanquished]

Hi, my friend has recently installed windows XP, but being the newbie that he is to computers, he didn't install any patches and updates and in about 30 mins, he got the RPC virus (the 60 seconds to shut down thingy).

When he got it, he manually shut down his computer and pulled out the plug. When he started his computer again, he got no video signals or anything. Just three long beeps followed by three short beeps.

Ive been trying to find out what they mean, but because he can't tell what brand the motherboard is, i can't find out anything about it. All the articles about motherboard beep codes don't listen anything like three long beeps and three short beeps, so im baffled.

Any ideas?

Thanks

 

[Deleted member 79192]

If it was 3 short, 3 long, and then 3 short, it could be "SOS". lol

 

[nst6563]

Originally posted by Matt Welke
If it was 3 short, 3 long, and then 3 short, it could be "SOS". lol

That's the first thing that came to my mind

 

[vanquished]

ahahaha, no one knows what it means?

 

[nst6563]

what board is it? What type of bios does it have (Award, AMI, etc).

The beep codes usually depend on what type of bios it is.

try this link...they have some info like that.
http://www.bioscentral.com