When I try to boot up lighs flash red and computer beeps

hp compaq d530SFF,  windows xp professional,  red lights flash and unit beeps upon trying to boot
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Hi:
There is a pattern to the beep codes.
Look at the table below, and you will find out what your PC is trying to tell you.
Chassis LED and Beep Messages
Power LED # Beeps Event
Steady green None S0 System on (normal operation)
Blinks green @ 0.5 Hz None S1 Suspend
Blinks green @ 0.5 Hz None S3 Suspend to RAM
Off (clear) None S4 Suspend to disk
Off (clear) None S5 Soft off
Blinks red 2 times @ 1 Hz [1] None Processor thermal shutdown
Blinks red 3 times @ 1 Hz [1] None Processor not seated / installed
Blinks red 4 times @ 1 Hz [1] None Power supply failure
Blinks red 5 times @ 1 Hz [1] 5 Memory error
Blinks red 6 times @ 1 Hz [1] 6 Video error
Blinks red 7 times @ 1 Hz [1] 7 PCA failure
Blinks red 8 times @ 1 Hz [1] 8 Invalid ROM checksum (error)
NOTE:
[1] Repeated after 2 second pause
Paul

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