On Fri, 6 Jun 2008 04:42:03 -0700 (PDT), peter
<solvino@googlemail.com> wrote:

>On 6 Jun, 12:35, peter <solv...@googlemail.com> wrote:
>> On 6 Jun, 12:24, bok...@zonnet.nl (Gerard Bok) wrote:

>> > On Fri, 6 Jun 2008 02:53:30 -0700 (PDT), peter
>>
>> > <solv...@googlemail.com> wrote:
>> > >A week or so I posted a message about upgrading the memory and the
>> > >replies were very helpful. I bought some memory online and opened up
>> > >my PC. There were two memory slots and one was hard to get at as the
>> > >video card was in the way. So I took out the video card (carefully)
>> > >then popped out the two memory cards. Then I realised that I'd bought
>> > >the wrong memory card!! Silly me, never mind I'd only lost a few
>> > >pounds, so I put the old memory cards back and the video card.
>>
>> > >Trouble is that the PC now doesn't work:
>>
>> > >1) PC starts up and you hear the drives start to turn
>> > >2) There is nothing displayed on the monitor
>> > >3) The PC gives three long beeps, pause, three long beeps etc etc.
>>
>> > That means that the video card is malfunctioning.
>> > And given your story: you failed to properly reseat the card :-)

>have tried reseating the card a couple of times now. It clicks into
>place neatly, but still the same problem..

Then your next check should be the SIMMs.
I recon that you did remove them ?
Check if they are properly seated, no dust or other bad stuff
inside the SIMM connectors.
If the problem persists, try booting with just one of the SIMM
modules.

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Kind regards,
Gerard Bok