Date   : Sat, 01 Aug 1998 16:17:32 +0100
From   : Mike Tomlinson <mike@...>
Subject: Re: Disk Drive Problem

In article <001401bdba6f$da19c4e0$4e537ec2@...>, Alan
<motley@...> writes

>You guys can count yourselves lucky, my BBC blew up this morning! I switched
>it on, messed with some basic, pressed break and FREEZE!!! Oh, thaught I. I
>switched it off and on again, but all I got was a long beep( which, I may
>add, did not want to stop!).

contunuous tone - the CPU is not running, or the OS cannot initialise
the hardware.  Pretty much any hardware failure can cause this.

> Does anybody have an idea what could cause
>this? I think a chip has blown..... any help???

as another poster suggested, try reseating chips.  If that is
unsuccessful, rather than attempt repair, it might be easier to look for
another BBC as they're so cheap secondhand now. 

-- 
Mike Tomlinson
http://i.am/miket/