yeah you would also get this problem if the Ram is faulty like you said. However does seem like a bit of a waste if you had to buy new ram and that is not the problem.

Do you have any Ram in the machine at this stage? If not try putting the Ram back in as that could be the problem. The reason that it would be beeping is that onboard graphics cards use the system...

Shutdown your computer and then plug in your keyboard then try booting it up and seeing if that works.

My first guess would have to be hardware.

There are 2 things that you can do:

1. take the side off your case and make sure that the IDE cable that runs from your motherboard to you CD rom is...

Sounds like you might just be overloading the PSU a bit try the same thing again but instead of unplugging the hard drive unplugg the CD drive and see if you get the same results. if you do then just...

It sounds to me like u just need to replace the cable if everything is working ok. my other suggestion would be to read up in its manual if u still have it (will be online somewhere if not) and find...

lol yep ive done that before although its AMPs that can kill you not volts

If it is a brand new computer shouldn't it have at least some warranty on the whole machine?

First take a deep breath of air u have to stay as calm as you can when dealing with microsoft lest you let them make you ruin a perfectly good computer by getting angry and doing something stupid...

you should take more care of ure computer :P. nah just kidding its good that your kid is getting into computer at a younger age. Wave of the future!

The key order should go like this however...