-- Posted by nickgrand2 at 10:43 am on June 30, 2009 My Desktop just did a short beep and then a long beep. the screen wont come on. the only way to turn it off is to shut off the PSU and when i flip it on. the PC turns on by its self. And just keeps doing a short beep then a long one. Anyone know what that means? -- Posted by redhotchilis64 at 10:44 am on June 30, 2009 Sounds like a possible overheating. Clean the heat sync over your processor. -- Posted by oink at 10:46 am on June 30, 2009 is this a computer you bought prebuilt? what make and model is it? -- Posted by espresso8097 at 11:45 am on June 30, 2009 Depending on what BIOS you have it could mean different things. http://www.computerhope.com/beep.htm -- Posted by anonomouse at 11:25 pm on July 1, 2009 That specific beep code means something. Probably a problem with RAM or video card. The link from espresso8097 is very helpful in finding what the code means. (You need to know what kind of motherboard/BIOS you have) -- Posted by wind at 2:07 pm on July 10, 2009 yeah normally RAM or GPU issue but you need to see what your bios says about the beep codes -- Posted by IGotAddicted at 6:40 pm on July 10, 2009 What make is your computer, bios beeps are very easy to understand it just vairies from the Manfacturer.