My screen went black, when i turn on the computer it beeps 4 then 2

[kmanmusic]

Nothing but black on screen.
It beeps 4 times then pauses and beeps again twice. It is a dell 3000 on xp. Is it the mother board or hard drive.
I reseated the ram, to no avail.

[bobgar34]

can you boot into safemode ? 

[leejaedong]

You don't even see the Dell splash screen anymore, do you? Try removing the RAM and turning it on without it and see if the beep code changes. Remove any other expansion cards as well. (video card, audio, modem, etc) if the computer has one. If the beep code doesn't change at all, then most probably its the Motherboard.

[kmanmusic]

can you boot into safemode ? 

no

[kmanmusic]

You don't even see the Dell splash screen anymore, do you? Try removing the RAM and turning it on without it and see if the beep code changes. Remove any other expansion cards as well. (video card, audio, modem, etc) if the computer has one. If the beep code doesn't change at all, then most probably its the Motherboard.

no change in beeps, thank you for your help.

[Karnac]

Here's your manual...

http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/dim3000/en/SM/adtshoot.htm#wp1043338