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Anonymous Posted on Apr 15, 2010

Computer will not start

I have an HP Compaq dc7600 Small Form Factor PC and when I turn on continual beep sounds and the red light flashes but the computer will not start. can you help?

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It all depends how many beeps there were.
From http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/12253_div/12253_div.HTML
Diagnostic LED Explanation Table Number of 1-second red LED blinks followed by 2-second pause, then repeats:
2-processor thermal protection activated
3-processor not installed
4-power supply failure
5-memory error
6-video error
7-PCA failure (ROM detected failure prior to video)
8-invalid ROM, bootblock recover mode

I have only really come across 4 beeps = order new Power Supply or 5 Beeps = reseat the memory and hope it works

Regards,

Oli

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    Brandon Turner Dec 22, 2010

    I just has this problem with a Compaq DC 7600 Small Form Factor. It wouldn't power up only beep 3 times pause, beep 3 times, pause....

    Re-seating the processor didn't help. The problem wound up being the CMOS. I pulled the battery and power plug for about 5 minutes, put my processor and battery back in and powered it up.

    Working great now.

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Pull out the ram chips and try, if it turns on then you need new ram,

try the same with the cdrom harddrive and all cards

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I just has this problem with a Compaq DC 7600 Small Form Factor. It wouldn't power up only beep 3 times pause, beep 3 times, pause.... Re-seating the processor didn't help. The problem wound up being the CMOS. I pulled the battery and power plug for about 5 minutes, put my processor and battery back in and powered it up. Working great now.

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