There appear to be several different interpretations of this. Some seem to say it could be RAM failing; others that the video card could be failing; others that it could be overheating; ( I rule this out because it is just starting and I monitor the temps, ) others that maybe the keyboard is failing and lastly one claiming that the motherboard is failing!There are two types of memories stated in the above title. The Conventional Memory, also called the Base Memory, has the memory cells under 1 byte. These cells are just used for testing the RAM. While the Extended Memory can also be referred as RAM and always has the capacity higher than 1 byte. On initial startup of the computer, BIOS carries out certain tests including Conventional Memory Test and Extended Memory Test. If any error is discovered in these tests, the system beeps with one long and three short beeps.
I am a little shocked that there are so many interpretations of the same code, it should be straight forward. Shouldn't it?
Anyone of you great techie minds have any idea which is most likely? I have already reseated the RAM and GPU. Dust is minimal.
If a dxdiag would be useful, could someone remind me how to get one...
Thanks in anticipation.