A lot of Beepen and Tooten But No Booten?

Written by Stephen Bucaro


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A single beep when your computer starts is not an error. It's to testrepparttar PC speaker. If you don't hear a single beep, either your computer's power supply, motherboard, or PC speaker is bad.

It's unlikely that you have a bad keyboard, but a bad keyboard can cause a computer to emit beep codes, and changing outrepparttar 107306 keyboard is cheap and easy.

Open yourrepparttar 107307 case of your computer and perform a close inspection ofrepparttar 107308 motherboard with a magnifying glass. It's unlikely but possible that something like a staple has been sucked intorepparttar 107309 case and is causing a short.

A common cause of beep codes is a problem with RAM. Make surerepparttar 107310 memory modules are installed correctly by gently but firmly pushing down on each module. If that doesn't fix it, remove all but one memory module. Usually a single memory module must be installed inrepparttar 107311 first bank. If that doesn't fix it, swap out that module withrepparttar 107312 next one. You may need to identifyrepparttar 107313 type of memory your computer uses and try a brand new memory module.

The reason your computer is emitting beep codes may be becauserepparttar 107314 video circuitry is bad. If your motherboard has on-board video, try disabling it and installing a video adapter card. If your computer uses a video adapter card, try replacing it or removing it and enabling on-board video.

If that doesn't fixrepparttar 107315 problem, try removing any expansion cards (exceptrepparttar 107316 video adapter card) and disabling any I/O circuitry such as USB ports. If that doesn't work, try replacingrepparttar 107317 power supply.

If your computer still has a blank screen and is emitting beep codes,repparttar 107318 only posibility left is a bad component onrepparttar 107319 motherboard. It could be a CPU failure, but replacingrepparttar 107320 CPU is usually expensive - ifrepparttar 107321 type your motherboard uses is still available.

Replacing a motherboard involves almost totally isassemblingrepparttar 107322 computer and may require reinstalling and/or reactivatingrepparttar 107323 operating system, and replacing some drivers. Hopefully, you will find information aboutrepparttar 107324 meaning ofrepparttar 107325 beep codes, and they will indicate a problem easier to fix than replacingrepparttar 107326 motherboard.

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DIGITAL vs. FILM

Written by Jelaine Macaraeg


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However, what they fail to realize is that they spend way too much time, checking on their LCD, dealing with their batteries, which gets drained oh-so fast, downloading or transferring files and of course, manipulatingrepparttar images.

Inrepparttar 107305 end, it all boils down to personal preference. And just like in anything, people shouldn’t allow commercialism and marketing make them judgmental or discriminating – especiallyrepparttar 107306 newbies. As I always say, you need to pickrepparttar 107307 right tools forrepparttar 107308 kind of project you’re working on, depending on your vision of that project. If you haverepparttar 107309 time as well asrepparttar 107310 resources, it is recommended that you try both on various projects so that you can make a sound judgment of what works best for you. Therefore, people shouldn’t be thinking Digital vs. Film. Instead, it should be Digital and Film.

With that, let me end this article with Mr. Wiggett’s words, which I find very wise: “A great shot is a great shot no matter how, when, or where it is captured.”

Note: Link for Mr. Wiggett’s article: http://www.naturephotographers.net/articles0105/dw0105-1.html

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