# Is anybody familiar with HP Pavilion beep codes? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [December 9, 2004, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anybody-familiar-with-hp-pavilion-beep-codes/278866 "2004-12-09T03:02:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2004, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anybody-familiar-with-hp-pavilion-beep-codes/278866/1 "2004-12-09T03:02:01Z")
My stepdaughter’s computer (my former system) is an HP Pavilion 785 running WinME. Today she turned it on and nothing happened other than a series of beeps (1-3-3-1). I tried to use the restore disc, but the same thing happened. I also tried a bootdisk from [Bootdisk.com](http://Bootdisk.com), but it would not boot from it. The harddrive will spin up and stop, but nothing else. I’ve emailed HP, but I don’t know if they’ll be able to help me because it’s been so long since I bought the computer (April 2001). Some help? ---
**Author:** ![FatBaldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecd19e/32.png) [@FatBaldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FatBaldGuy)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2004, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anybody-familiar-with-hp-pavilion-beep-codes/278866/2 "2004-12-09T03:10:03Z")
[Beep codes for common BIOS manufacturers](http://www.computerhope.com/beep.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2004, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anybody-familiar-with-hp-pavilion-beep-codes/278866/3 "2004-12-09T03:13:43Z")
> [@Fat Bald Guy](#): > > [Beep codes for common BIOS manufacturers](http://www.computerhope.com/beep.htm) It says “28 Autosize DRAM”. Huh? ---
**Author:** ![JimMacMillan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7bcc69/32.png) [@JimMacMillan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimMacMillan)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2004, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anybody-familiar-with-hp-pavilion-beep-codes/278866/4 "2004-12-09T03:20:39Z")
You didn’t mention it was a C or A model Pavilion. This [Link](http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?lc=en&lang=en&cc=us&dlc=en&product=435532&docname=bph02301#N10195) is for the C model. Or course maybe the A is the same? Give it a try anyways 😉 Good Luck Jim ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2004, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anybody-familiar-with-hp-pavilion-beep-codes/278866/5 "2004-12-09T03:22:05Z")
Pull and re-seat the memory. Pull and re-seat all the PCI cards. Unplug and replug the hard drives. See what happens. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2004, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anybody-familiar-with-hp-pavilion-beep-codes/278866/6 "2004-12-09T03:34:01Z")
**JimMacMillan** : There’s no letter after the number. **astro** : I’ll open it up tomorrow and try all that stuff. I’ll post results afterward. Thanks for all the help, everyone! ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2004, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anybody-familiar-with-hp-pavilion-beep-codes/278866/7 "2004-12-20T23:58:43Z")
Finally got around to it and reseated the memory. Voila! Thanks, astro.