Re: Vivante SE won't boot/has trouble booting up. Please help. -- the transmonde laptop information page

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Subject: Re: Vivante SE won't boot/has trouble booting up. Please help.

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Trent

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Date Posted: 23:30:26 02/14/00 Mon
In reply to: C. K. Graves 's message, "Vivante SE won't boot/has trouble booting up. Please help." on 15:07:15 02/14/00 Mon

Beeps upon power on is usually (but not always) a RAM problem. Luckily on the SE both RAM cards/slots are easily accessible. With the power off, turn the computer over. Remove the two screws from the RAM access door. Chances are you only have one RAM card installed. Try removing it, then re-installing. It doesn't matter which slot you use. If the problem persists, try using an eraser and clean the gold contacts on the RAM card. It could also be a sign of a RAM card failing and needing to be replaced. The RAM used is a 144-pin SODIMM SDRAM with gold contacts. They are available is 32MB, 64MB, 128MB.

Good luck.

> My Transmonde Vivante' SE is showing a blank screen
> when I try to boot up and after a mangled windows
> sound, it beeps three times (2 short, 1 long), pauses
> then repeats the three beeps. If I turn it off then
> back on a few times, it sometimes boots up normally.
>
> If anyone knows what the problem may be, please
> respond. Thank you.

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