Gateway dx4860 boot problem

Redmountainman
Redmountainman Member Posts: 2 New User
My Gateway DX 4860 desktop will not boot. When I power it on, I get a continuous series of beeps. These beeps are all of the same duration. I know this is a hardware problem, but I can't find what these continuous beeps mean. Can anyone here help me?

Answers

  • IronFly
    IronFly ACE Posts: 18,413 Trailblazer

    long or short beeps?

     

    single beep or more beeps?

     

    need this infos to narrow the issue. 

    I'm not an Acer employee.
  • Redmountainman
    Redmountainman Member Posts: 2 New User
    It is constant long beeps. I had narrowed it down to either a bad memory chip or bad graphics card. Yesterday, I took out one of the memory chips and it booted up. This must be the problem. I'm running on 4gb of memory until I am able to order a new memory chip.
  • IronFly
    IronFly ACE Posts: 18,413 Trailblazer

    it must be a bad ram stick.

    I'm not an Acer employee.