My computer on start up:
green power button light
green disk drive light
green hard drive light
then power button light turns red, and gives 6 beeps, pauses and signals six beeps again...
6 long beeps indicates that there is a problem with the memory, take them out, clean the contacts and the DIMM slots and reseat them.
Hopefully this will resolve the problem, if not new memory may be required
kind regards
This is WRONG - 6 blinks indicates graphics card problem (memory errors are 5 blinks)
https://support.hp.com/us-en/product/hp-...
36 years of beeps and flashes, (chaos here)
there are the manuals.
see those PCI slot, pull all boards off there>?
NIC, VGA, etc....????
NVIDIA Quadro NVS 280 Graphics Card (PCI-Express)
see em pull them. (dead
see that manual on hood lock sensor
make sure its not there, first. if this option is present see top rear panal for a switch.
i have no idea at all if it can beep. but...
cold 0v power)
that be first. and the ram pull deal.
heck, pull the DVD and HDD cables too.
i can not see inside you machine, this HP
has HUGE array of options, raid, and more.
pull all that stuff first. if present on the PCI buses.
this high end PC has good docs, at HP, unlike other here. page 39 (pdf) is your page
6 = video gpu card.
http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c00...
i dont know that card there VGA,intimately
but on modern cards, there is power cable called
AUX power to top end VGA, that must be working and connected or the card WILL FAIL.
google image , shows, no such aux, conn.
that is it, to find beeps , pull things
to not blow up the PC do this.
1: power off and pull the power cord.
2: then push the power botton on, see or hear spin downs, on mine the standby LED goes dead.
you dont have that nice lamp, so hear fans kick and die, this zeros out the standby bus(power)
3: now pull things. safely.
4: keep left and on metal case, for ESD protection for CMOS devices.. lacking the ESD strap.
RTM
http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c00...
setup and trouble shooting
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I removed one of my RAM chips and my computer booted normally
The manual stated VGA card problems = 6
the manual is clear there.
many HP PC , the book on this is missing.
BIOS documents are lacking at HP. its weakest point.
but in this case not.
I see mostly the High end PCs cover it and low not.
your is the former. and well documented.
Http://www.pcmag.com/encyclopedia/term/38515/beep-codes
http://pcsupport.about.com/od/nonworkingcomponent/ht/beepcodestb.htm
HELP TO TROUBLESHOT.
beep codes Definition from PC Magazine Encyclopedia
PC Magazine Tech Encyclopedia Index...
test all leads that attach to your hard drive including electrical extensions SATA
the leads from your (motherboard to your hard drive) make sure they have a secure dust free connections and are not faulty or just replace them they could be faulty
make sure all leads that are attached to your drives dvd\cd have secure connections and are not faulty
even something as small as an electrical extension or a faulty fan lead can cause you problems computer needs all of the data and power to travel through every working device and to have an end for a computer to be able work properly
a motherboard and a hard drive any leads between them will fail before your motherboard or your hard drive check all electrical extensions make sure they are securely seated even the cd/dvd drives need to have current go through make sure these devices are working
check the CPU make sure it has thermal paste and dust free secure seating
also check your computer ram modules and cmos battery make sure they are dust free and securely seated some motherboards cmos batteries are soldered in
hope it helps
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the 6 beeps are long and evenly spaced. There is a definite pause when the 6 beeps have sounded. after this pause, the 6 beeps return.
I have the same issue. The system had 2gb of ram installed. (4 X 512MB DIMM's)
I loaded 8GB into the slots, (4 X 2GB) and got the error described above. The RAM is brand new from Kingston. I tried replacing the new ram with the original ram but this did not resolve the issue.
The system is running a 64-bit O/S so the amount of RAM isn't an issue.
During my troubleshooting I tried just using one stick of the original ram and moving it from slot to slot. (Wash, rinse, Repeat 4 times) No go.
any ideas?
are these beeps long or short?
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