What's making that BEEP noise coming out of my computer?

Firstly in order to understand what the BEEPS mean you need to understand what the "BIOS" is all about. Let our computer repair geeks explain a little..

The BIOS is a program built into a computer to control its operation, especially the booting of an operating system. Most computers let the user configure various BIOS options by means of a special screen or set of screens.

The first thing that the BIOS does when it boots the PC is to perform what is called the Power-On Self-Test, or POST for short. The POST is a built-in diagnostic program that checks your hardware to ensure that everything is functioning properly.

The following table map of BEEPS can help you diagnose a problem;
1 short beep = Normal POST - system is ok
2 short beeps = POST Error - error code shown on screen
- No beep = Power supply or system board problem
- Continuous beep = Power supply, system board, or keyboard problem
- Repeating short beeps = Power supply or system board problem
1 long, 1 short beep System board problem
1 long, 2 short beeps Display adapter problem (MDA, CGA)
1 long, 3 short beeps Enhanced Graphics Adapter (EGA)

For a more comprehensive listing of BEEPS following this link.

To test this, you could take your memory out from your motherboard, power on the computer, and you'll most certainly hear a BEEP or two.

So if you find that your computer is faulty, and the computer is sending out more than just the one normal beep, then give our Computer Repairs geeks a call on 07 5457 0541.

Is your machine under attack from viruses?

In most cases a good anti-virus tool will detect 99% of all viruses in circulation, but every now and then, a brand new virus will slip through undetected, infect thousands of new computers, only for the anti-virus companies to play catch up.

Virus Removal Buderim

Such a case of a brand new virus hit one of our clients even after a new version of anti-virus was installed a month prior. A trojan horse had infected two of the core main operating Windows 7 files and the anti-virus detected them on open but slowed the netbook down to a grinding halt.

The only way to fix such issues is by booting a linux rescue disc (look for AVG rescue CD), use midnight command to browser your NTFS/FAT based partition, delete the infected Windows 7 .exe's. Once you've done that, boot with the Windows 7 installation disc, select 'Repair options', select the option which says restore from a previous system point, press cancel, which should then give you access to the command line option.

Then type sfc /scannow /offbootdir=c:\ /offwindir=c:\windows

This command will scan for missing/corrupted Windows 7 install files, and replace them with fresh new ones from the install disk. The virus will obviously have been removed, allowing you to reboot your operating system, and then performing a full scan for any other potential threats.

So if you need help removing viruses, spyware or malware from Windows give our Computer Repairs Geek a visit at www.buzzageek.com.au.