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Originally Posted by mithrandir
Chris's list of AMI beep codes points to three beeps being a memory error, but with the fan on the video card not spinning, you might have two issues, or the video might be the root cause.
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Yes Andrew - I think that the AMI bootstrap processor (BSP) checks base and extended memory ahead of video initialization - hence the 3 beeps pointing to memory. Jen - American Megatrends is "AMI" - therefore I believe that you have a memory problem as described, maybe in addition to others.
It probably doesn't even get to the point of firing up the video logic and monitor which is a lower-order peripheral that is not really even required to run the machine (i.e. headless).
Does anyone have a device initialization order table?
I think that there are two problems here too - and a stuck fan because of dust indicates that you have to clean your machine once in a while Jen! LOL!