POST beep - slow ?

I use a Sony desktop Pentium D now 3.5 years old. I really like it as its
very very quiet. Recently, during the prep of a new hard drive that
requires a lot of cold starts using the on / off switch, an issue came up.
After hitting the switch the machine powers up but doesn't get to the POST
beep. It may take 4 / 5 attempts before I get a beep. Other than that the
machine is completely normal with no driver issues etc.

My thoughts were perhaps the MB battery but beyond that I cant identify
anything that might be wrong, MB driver is the original and only available.

Much appreciate your thoughts.

Wonderman wrote:

> I use a Sony desktop Pentium D now 3.5 years old. I really like it as its
> very very quiet. Recently, during the prep of a new hard drive that
> requires a lot of cold starts using the on / off switch, an issue came up.
> After hitting the switch the machine powers up but doesn't get to the POST
> beep. It may take 4 / 5 attempts before I get a beep. Other than that
> the machine is completely normal with no driver issues etc.
>
> My thoughts were perhaps the MB battery but beyond that I cant identify
> anything that might be wrong, MB driver is the original and only
> available.

It is unlikely to be the motherboard battery. I would check out the power
supply and swap it out with a known-working one. If that solves the issue,
then you know to discard the old psu.

Malke
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MS-MVP
Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!
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Have you checked the settings for the BIOS.
The switching off/on may have caused a checksum error.
This may not show as an error but the latency of your ram/fsb and cpu
may have changed.
It may also be searching for networked devices that have never been
connected.
Go through each option one by one to find the culprate.


--
roy69

Thank you both.

The bios seems fine and it has a voltage reading that is stable and normal.
No new components either. My concern is that this is the last of the water
cooled Sony towers and it may be an odd ball of a PS.


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>I use a Sony desktop Pentium D now 3.5 years old. I really like it as its
>very very quiet. Recently, during the prep of a new hard drive that
>requires a lot of cold starts using the on / off switch, an issue came up.
>After hitting the switch the machine powers up but doesn't get to the POST
>beep. It may take 4 / 5 attempts before I get a beep. Other than that
>the machine is completely normal with no driver issues etc.
>
> My thoughts were perhaps the MB battery but beyond that I cant identify
> anything that might be wrong, MB driver is the original and only
> available.
>
> Much appreciate your thoughts.