3 Long beeps

[Biggun]

Howdy, just picked up an old puter from local council rubbish collection. put in tested and working HDD, tried to fire it up and got 3 long beeps, Been Googling like mad, but have come up with not a great deal. Keep coming up with (3270 Keyboard error) Whatever that means?. Tried Different ram, diff video card and diff power supply. Still getting the 3 long beeps. Can anyone shed any light on this?
It is not a matter of urgency, even if this thing goes in the bin i have still scored some ram hehehe
Thanks in advance

[fandtm666]

this should help is easier to post the site as there are so many more

Keyboard / Keyboard card error.

h**p://www.computerhope.com/beep.htm

[mango]

ibm bios, three long beeps is keyboard.

[Biggun]

Thanks Guys, I havent got a USB key board to try, Will buy 1 tomorrow.

[quadspeed]

could be keyboard.
can u access bios?
dont expect it to boot to a hdd without right files on it.
try bios, boot to cd, chuck in xp cd.

[Biggun]

Na Quad,cant acces bios, just beeping head off. HDD should be cool, came from working puter.

[urbans0ulja]

whats the specs?
whats the mobo? find a online manual for the mobo and it'll tell you what the 3 beeps mean

[Biggun]

As in first post 3270 Keyboard error. I am trying to find a fix for it now. Will buy USB keyboard tomoz and give that a go.

[z80]

Memory.

[Biggun]

Thanks Z80, Have tried working ram too.

[Biggun]

Tried USB keyboard, That didnt work either. Will be going in the bin, Was worth a try but lol

[scruffy1]

Tried USB keyboard, That didnt work either. Will be going in the bin, Was worth a try but lol

scavenge the northbridge heatsink to use on your other machine (southbridges benefit from cooling too ya know )