As usual i had to mess around with stuff i probably shouldn't have. Here's what i did. I got another box not to long ago; an IBM 455 Mhz (i think). Inside is a rocker switch. The first 4 switches have to do with CPU speed. On the side panel of my box is a sticker saying what each switch means...well the way the switch was set up before i messed with it didn't match any options on the sticker at all, so i changed them to match one for 550/100, now when i turn the box on i get a beep beep then the floppy makes some noise then beep beep and the floppy drive again and it does this over and over and over again. I switched the rocker switches back to where they were in the first place, but it does the same thing. Any ideas!

the beeps are "post error codes" you may be able to correct the problem by modifing your bios. here is a link to general codes

http://www.techadvice.com/tech/P/POSTcode.htm

here is a search for general post codes and meanings

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&i...=Google+Search

hopefully you haven't "fried" anything. changing dipswitch settings w/out the proper hardware can fry things. w/any luck you can find the exact codes at the links posted, then figure out which bios options to change.
good luck.

I got it up and running! Next time i'll try not to be so dumb.

glad you got it sorted, was it a simple matter of resetting the bios? just asking because it may help someone down the road.