My computer thinks it's a toaster
The computer I use for my business has decided it's not a computer anymore, it's just a big beeping paperweight. Not being real versed in motherboard diagnosis, I'm bringing it to you geniuses.
This afternoon I went to plug my USB palm pilot cable into the back of the computer. It's dark back there (and dusty, and cluttered with cables), so I sort of turned the case about 45-degrees so I could see what I was doing. Then, that plugged in, I turned on the monitor (which I usually leave off) and got the monitor's "no signal" message.
I crawled back under the computer and discovered that the monitor cable was now connected to an unseated AGP video card, loose inside the computer. Whups. Guess I over-wrenched it trying to see my way to my USB port.
I powered off the machine at the power switch, cracked the case and reseated the AGP card. Put everything back together, pressed the power button and... it goes "ba-beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep beep". If you're counting, that's eight beeps. The monitor's still giving me the "no signal" message--but the computer exibits this same beeping behavior even if I pull the AGP card entirely.
This mobo doesn't have onboard video, so I can't just switch video ports and see what's going on. And bear in mind--this computer was working great (with months of uptime--yes, running Windows XP!) until I rotated it in place to get to its backside.
Thoughts?
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