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Im using an ASrock A520-HDV motherboard, and when i was rebooting my computer to boot it into windows (i have windows 10 and arch linux installed) it showed the grub menu for 1 second and then the screen went totally black, so i pushed the reset button of my case, but when i did that the computer didnt POST and it started to beep 3 consecutive times followed by 1 beep, then stopping and doing it all over again, i reseted the cmpuer with the power supply and it booted normally, but i want to know what those beeps mean, i also checked the motherboard's manual and it doesnt say anything

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[–] Telorand@reddthat.com 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Could be an indication of RAM that's becoming unstable. If it was me, I'd run different memtests (prime95, OCCT, TM5), but that would take probably three to four hours, and I'm particular about RAM stability. Running whatever built in memtest you have is likely sufficient.

[–] prettydarknwild@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

In case the ram is becoming unstable, there is a way to fix it without changin the ram or i have to change it?

[–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 2 years ago

I'd just start by re-seating the sticks and not bother with the memtest gauntlet unless it happens again or your computer starts doing anything else odd. I was having no issues but a single game crashing on me every couple hours once. It took testing the ram a dozen hours before it ever showed itself and I had to loosen my timing a bit to fix it. A one off incident, I wouldn't do anything for.

[–] Telorand@reddthat.com 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You can loosen the timings or turn off XMP (which resets your RAM to the guaranteed-stable JDEC timings), which might solve any instability but would lower your RAM performance, but if it's already at JDEC spec and unstable, replacement is your only option.

[–] prettydarknwild@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

i already tested the ram, no errors, it was grub related

[–] Telorand@reddthat.com 3 points 2 years ago

Hey, easy fixes are the best fixes!