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"Jewel" <> wrote in message
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> "Jewel" <> wrote in message
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>> My PC boots up as normal then after about 20 minutes, it crashes. Just
>> turns itself off, no error message, no blue screen.
>> If I try to reboot then, it won't (it doesn't even get to the first
>> screen - I just hear the hard drive then it stops) and it beeps regularly
>> every couple of seconds. If I turn it off and leave it for 30 minutes, it
>> will boot up as normal but again crash a little while later.
>> Anyone any ideas what to look for?
>> Many thanks
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> It was the RAM which wasn't seated properly.

I didn't get to post in time to offer a suggestion but as soon as you
mentioned the repeating beeps, I suspected the RAM. If you determined who
the BIOS maker was, then when you consult the "beep chart" it would tell
you the cause(faulty RAM, video card). To my knowledge, no beeps indicate
a problem with the cpu either.