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Hey,
So I have an HP computer here, very new (core 2 duo) and it's been acting very unstable and giving some nasty error messages....
Basically what happens is after a random period of time (usually 2 hrs if it's been off long enough to completely cool down) it will either restart itself - and then fail POST with a "BIOS Checksum error"...OR it will start beeping with 1 short beep, 1 long beep over and over. When it's restarted it gives the same POST failure. (HP says the 1 short, 1 long beep indicates "any hardware failure")
If i let the computer sit off for 5-10 mins and restart, all is well again for a random period of time...usually 5-20 mins once it's done it the first time and is warmed up. Then back to the same POST error.
Any idea what could be up with this? If it was consistently giving this error on boot it would be fairly easy to pinpoint - but intermittently giving it, and then temporarily fixing itself? I'm very confused.
I've done basic bootups with no extra cards, etc... so i'm convinced it's either a motherboard issue, or a power supply issue - the PSU is only 300w and a no-name brand. the computer comes pretty packed with cards and 2 hdd's... the reason I mention the PSU is that it sometimes feels very hot, hotter than any psu i've ever used...dunno if it's just the poor design or if it's being overworked and dropping/spiking voltage or something?
Anyways any ideas would be awesome before I take it back to the store for some warranty work (hopefully it doesn't come to this though).
thanks.
So I have an HP computer here, very new (core 2 duo) and it's been acting very unstable and giving some nasty error messages....
Basically what happens is after a random period of time (usually 2 hrs if it's been off long enough to completely cool down) it will either restart itself - and then fail POST with a "BIOS Checksum error"...OR it will start beeping with 1 short beep, 1 long beep over and over. When it's restarted it gives the same POST failure. (HP says the 1 short, 1 long beep indicates "any hardware failure")
If i let the computer sit off for 5-10 mins and restart, all is well again for a random period of time...usually 5-20 mins once it's done it the first time and is warmed up. Then back to the same POST error.
Any idea what could be up with this? If it was consistently giving this error on boot it would be fairly easy to pinpoint - but intermittently giving it, and then temporarily fixing itself? I'm very confused.
I've done basic bootups with no extra cards, etc... so i'm convinced it's either a motherboard issue, or a power supply issue - the PSU is only 300w and a no-name brand. the computer comes pretty packed with cards and 2 hdd's... the reason I mention the PSU is that it sometimes feels very hot, hotter than any psu i've ever used...dunno if it's just the poor design or if it's being overworked and dropping/spiking voltage or something?
Anyways any ideas would be awesome before I take it back to the store for some warranty work (hopefully it doesn't come to this though).
thanks.