Why won't my computer start?

Question

Hi everyone. I am having trouble starting up a dell desktop with vista home premium installed. Had it for about 2 1/2 years now. The last 4 weeks i've had troubles that could be hardware related or software. The first thing is what i call the grey screen of death which occurs after the welcome screen if i use the computer within the first 15 minutes. The last few days i have been leaving it to load for 15 minutes but if i leave it at all the computer just freezes and wont do anything. I cant move the mouse or type. Nothing works. So this morning i decided to turn it on and use straight away before BAM!!! Grey screen which automatically restarts my computer. This time it wouldnt restart. The computer was turned on and running but nothing was on the screen with the light on yellow. The thing that worries me is that i heard a BEEPING sound that would go something like: beep beep, then stop for 3 seconds and beep twice again. It would keep doing this and im really worried. Could it be the ram? or something else? If so, please give me simple instructions on what
to do. Thanks.

Answer 1

(a) Find and Remove Spyware and Malware using Microsoft Security Essentials:



1. Go to Microsoft.com and download Microsoft Security Essentials:

http://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/security_…

2. Run to clean computer and protect it. (This may require disabling or removing other protection programs.)



(b) Clean the Registry :



1. Go to PCTools.com by clicking the link and running 'try a free scan":

http://www.pctools.com/registry-mechanic…

2. This will download Registry Mechanic and repair some of your registry, but not all.

This program is extremely good and worth having to make sure the registry is clean.

There are other registry cleaners out there too if you prefer, but this is a start.



(c) Defragment your Hard Disk:



1. Click Start | All Programs | Accessories | System Tools | Disk Defragmenter.

2. Select the drives that you wish to defragment.

3. Click “Defragment Disks” button to proceed.



This is Recommended, but make sure that you do not have anything in the trash can that you want to save !!



(d) Deleting Temporary Files:



1. Click Start | All Programs | Accessories | System Tools | Disk CleanUp.

2. Select a drive and click OK.



(e) Reboot and Rerun all progams (a,b,c,d) again until they complete error free or have reached optimized levels.

Answer 2

2 Short beeps means that you have a POST errror.



Try running in safe mode and then temp kill your start up defaults - Until you find the bad boy.



You seem to be missing your operating system.



Just a few things off the top of my head.



Hope this is a help.

Answer 3

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