apu95
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ok, so my dad has had a notebook for a while. its a compaq presario which came with WinME, and has a 700 mhz P3 with 128 ram (shared) and a 15 gig hd. i upgraded and formatted the whole thing and put xp on it for everyone's sake
anyways, the notebook's had its use for a while (about 3 or 4 yrs methinks) and now its starting to fail. it turns off by itself, "whenever it feels like it". its really weird. for example, my dad had it plugged into the AC supply, and turned it on. it booted until the WinXP logo part, and it beeped 3 times and shut off. we turned it on again, it booted into windows, ran for like 10 min, beep 3 times again and initiated the shutdown sequence.
it cant be a trojan or somethin, since it turns off at boottime too. i figure the power supply might be dying, but i cant understand the beeping.
anyone care to explain this?
thanks guys,
Apu
PS: the part where the battery goes is totally dead. it wont charge a battery or recognize a charged one, and if u put one in the pc and turn it on (even when plugged into AC), it wont boot)
anyways, the notebook's had its use for a while (about 3 or 4 yrs methinks) and now its starting to fail. it turns off by itself, "whenever it feels like it". its really weird. for example, my dad had it plugged into the AC supply, and turned it on. it booted until the WinXP logo part, and it beeped 3 times and shut off. we turned it on again, it booted into windows, ran for like 10 min, beep 3 times again and initiated the shutdown sequence.
it cant be a trojan or somethin, since it turns off at boottime too. i figure the power supply might be dying, but i cant understand the beeping.
anyone care to explain this?
thanks guys,
Apu
PS: the part where the battery goes is totally dead. it wont charge a battery or recognize a charged one, and if u put one in the pc and turn it on (even when plugged into AC), it wont boot)