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Computer not working...

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After having problems with my current hard drive I decided to buy a new one. When I tried to install the new one and boot up I got 2 beeps, one long beep followed by a short beep and nothing else, I then went back to my old hard drive and the same thing happend when I tried to boot up, one long beep followed by a short.

Does anyone have any idea what is causing this and how it can be fixed?

Specs are...

abit kv8 pro
amd 64 2800
evga 6800 gt
1024mb ddr-400
windows xp home
old hard drive is Western Digital 160gb IDE 7200 Rpm 1.5GB, new hard drive is Western Digital Caviar SE 160GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0GB
 
http://forum.uabit.com/showthread.php?t=54124
http://bioscentral.com/beepcodes/awardbeep.htm

Don't know if they'll help or not. Is it possible you knocked something loose?

Also found this list

Basic Beep Codes for ABIT AWARD BIOS Motherboards

No beep at all - this means your motherboard is dead, either due to a
defective or underpowered power supply, poorly seated CPU or RAM, or a
dead-on-arrival board

One beep - board is working fine

One long beep then machine shuts down - faulty, improperly installed or
missing CPU

1 short (Beep) System booting is normally

2 short (Beep) CMOS setting error

1 long - 1 short (Beep) DRAM ERROR

1 long - 2 short (Beep) Display card or monitor connected error

1 long - 3 short (Beep) Keyboard Error

1 long - 9 short (Beep) ROM Error

Long (Beep) continuous - DRAM isn't inserted correctly

Short (Beep) continuous - POWER supply has a problem

A two-tone siren - generally caused by overheating or out of specification
voltages

Four beeps then machine shuts down - this is because this version of the
BIOS will shut down your machine if no fan tachometer signal is detected on
the fan header. Make sure you attach a fan to the FAN1 or FAN4 header or
clear CMOS to reset to default (no checking).
 
Go in and make sure everything is seated properly. From the above post, it sounds like it's a DRAM error.
 
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