From: Jon on 07/23/2000
In the event that component damage has occured (and it's possible) you should try to get Time Warner to right their wrong. They probably will be pretty unhelpful and useless, but this definitely seems like a good first step. Failing this, check these:Disclaimer:
Keep in mind that the following is at YOUR OWN RISK. I can't promise it will be the absolute fix or that it will work, but I'm quite sure it could be helpful or I wouldn't have typed this. :) I don't have the means to replace you or your computer should either be damaged. When in doubt, call a professional.
Note that when you power on your computer (majority of computers) these items are checked:
RAM
KEYBOARD
DISK DRIVES
If they check out, then all is right with the world and the computer will attempt to boot. If not, then the beep codes are emitted.
Since you mentioned the screen being blank I'd check the memory first! Be sure it's fully seated into the socket(s). If yes and you still get a blank screen, try switching the modules if you have more than one.
Failing that there's the keyboard. Seems highly unlikely, but you could check it's connector and try another in it's place if you have a second.
Then there are the drives. Re-seat IDE cables if necessary and listen for the 'whirring' of a drive that's getting power on startup.
If all that fails then you could write down your BIOS version and search for definitions of it's specific beep codes. Unfortunately the codes vary from BIOS to BIOS, but typically most of us only want to hear a single beep on startup. Hopefully this helps!
