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  • Blacktek
    Badcaps Veteran
    • Nov 2014
    • 250
    • United States
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    Gateway ZX4970 Beeps 3 times, No video, VGA chip overhead, CPU Stays Cold, switch mem

    Hi friends, I need help with this all in one desktop. I switch multiple memory cards with same result.
    the computer turns on, i hear 3 fast beeps, twice so 6 beeps, then it shuts downs..IT Restarts again with the 3 fast beeps..Then it stays ON but NO VIDEO.

    I took it apart and notice the VGA Chip gets extremely hot but the CPU stays cold. like cold cold.

    Could this be a Corrupted BIOS?
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    • outta
      Member
      • Dec 2012
      • 17
      • Mexico
      #2
      Re: Gateway ZX4970 Beeps 3 times, No video, VGA chip overhead, CPU Stays Cold, switch

      I have one just like this. I took off the motherboard and when I was measuring near DC jack suddenly current changed and it turned on. Later it stopped working again, just the beeps. But sometimes it starts normally. Maybe its the northbridge. I'm still checking but hope this anyway helps.

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