Hello, and thank you for reading my dilemma..
Firstly, I'll tell you my problem, then tell you about my computer. I'm on a different computer telling you my problem. It occured last night while I was browsing the web. I got the blue screen, and it said it was checking disk. It restarted, but when it restarted, it never rebooted. I just heard 2 beeps. These 2 beeps would continue every 5 seconds or so. So I'd turn it off, then try again 10 minutes later. This time, I just hear the 2 beeps.
The beeps is 1 short beep, then 1 long beep. 5 seconds later, same beeps.
Then, I waited an hour, and it'd start up, but shortly after I arrive at the Windows area, the monitor would either go black, and the computer would start the 2 beeps again. Or (another time I'd start it) the monitor would go black, and I couldn't do anything except unplug it.
I did some reading on here, and it may be an overheating issue, but also read that it could be a heatsink disconnection, or possibly a virus. So I just need some confirmation.
Now, here's my computer information...
I believe this is my motherboard coming from looking up my computer on the HP website
Motherboard
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Manufacturer: ECS
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Motherboard Name: MCP61PM-HM
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HP/Compaq motherboard name: Nettle2-GL8E
HP Pavilion Media Center m8100n TV PC
AMD Athlon 64 x2 Dual-Core Processor 5600+
Windows Vista Home Premium
3072MB System Memory
500GB Hard Drive
All I know is I have an nvidia video card.
Any recommendations or help will be much appreciated, thank you.