No beeps

kinetic · Jan 3, 2003, 12:32 PM

Fornicatarachnid is in deep shit! All his parts have come for his new system What do you think ....... but he's not getting any beeps. His mobo LED is on but no beeps. I've tried looking on the net but not had much luck finding an answer apart from faulty or unseated cpu or memory. He's tried his old cpu but no luck, as for the memory he's gonna try a stick of mine.
Wish him luck he's spent an arm and a leg on this upgrade and he's dying to thrash my 3dmark!

DarkFoss · Jan 3, 2003, 12:56 PM

it's quite possible the reason he's not posting is due to using the Corsair xms 3200 ddr and his new nforce 2 mobo . If your mem is 2700 or 2100 he should be able to change the mem timings and then be able to use his mem.

http://www.houseofhelp.com/v2/forumd...s=&forumid=130

Try searching around here you should be able to find the info&settings he'll need . I'd look meself but I have to head back to work ..just on a lunchbreak. Good Luck !!!!

fornicatarachnid · Jan 3, 2003, 01:05 PM

Ive managed to get my old system up and running so that I can

get on here.

I'll try to give a few more details about my problem.....

Specs..

ASUS A7N8X motherboard
512 mb Corsair xms3200 DDR pc2700
AMD AthlonXP2400 266MHz bus
Gainward GeForce4 Ti4600 Golden Sample
WD 80GB HD WD800JD

Here's what happens when I boot up. It powers up normally, there is HD activity and then nothing, no beeps or anything. No signal is sent to the monitor so I cant even get into the Bios.

Ive tried changing the powerpack from this machine, ive tried the memory in all the available slots, the graphics card is OK. I even tried removing the memory to see if I could get a beep, still nothing

The other thing I can thing of now is that its something to do with the memory stick so the next thing I want to try is borrowing a stick of Mr Kinetics memory.

Any ideas would be appreciated

digitalwanderer · Jan 3, 2003, 01:12 PM

....unhooking the HD entirely and booting from the floppy? You could have the HD jumpers set-up wrong, it's happened to me before like that.

Best of luck, don't give up, and don't forget that as long as you got a line to the net we're gonna help you get it fixed up.

***craig5320*** · Jan 3, 2003, 01:17 PM

I think that was what my system was like when my CPU had blown, have you tried another CPU or seeing if it does anything different without a CPU - obvisously it won't start but i mean if it does exactly the same it could point to the cpu,

do the usual crap of disconnecting everything you don't need, hard drives/cd drives/floppy drives sound cards etc to see if you can get to the bios.

kinetic · Jan 3, 2003, 01:18 PM

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Originally posted by digitalwanderer

Best of luck, don't give up, and don't forget that as long as you got a line to the net we're gonna help you get it fixed up.

Thanks Digi! I hope he gets it fixed soon. I've just hung up on him, the sound of weeping was beginning to get to me.

***craig5320*** · Jan 3, 2003, 01:20 PM

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Originally posted by kinetic
...the sound of weeping was beginning to get to me.

What's his address? I'd love to see him weeping

fornicatarachnid · Jan 3, 2003, 01:22 PM

Thanks for the replies guys, it makes a big difference to know

that I'm not alone

I've just tried what you suggested Dig, no difference

I've

tried 2 different hard drives,inc. the one in this machine cos I

know this works OK

fornicatarachnid · Jan 3, 2003, 01:23 PM

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Originally posted by craig5320
What's his address? I'd love to see him weeping

LOL I won't forget that remark

fornicatarachnid · Jan 3, 2003, 01:26 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by craig5320
I think that was what my system was like when my CPU had blown, have you tried another CPU or seeing if it does anything different without a CPU - obvisously it won't start but i mean if it does exactly the same it could point to the cpu,

do the usual crap of disconnecting everything you don't need, hard drives/cd drives/floppy drives sound cards etc to see if you can get to the bios.

Tried changing the CPU with the one out of this machine and that

made no difference either

digitalwanderer · Jan 3, 2003, 01:34 PM

Take it all apart. Take everything out 'til it's just down to a mobo & PSU. (You can leaves your drives & such in the case, but pull ALL the cables out that are removable.) Once you do that, put it all together again paying EXTRY close attention to all connections/proper insertions. I know it sounds dumb, but sometimes when a new box is acting goofy on first assembly and I can't figure it out it's what I do just to eliminate some variables. (And in one instance, it actually fixed me problem.) I gotta go wrestle the kids down for nap, I'll check back in a little bit. G'luck, hang in there!

~~DriveEuro~~ · Jan 3, 2003, 02:02 PM

OK, you said that you vid card was alright...but why not try your old video card or even try a PCI video card. I know that most motherboards beep when there is no vid card present. But you might as well give it a try. And as far as a dead CPU...nothing would happen when you boot. The fans would turn on and HDs would sping up and it would just sit there doing nothing...that's what dead cpus do.

fornicatarachnid · Jan 3, 2003, 02:05 PM

I was sure it was something to do with the memory so Mr Kinetic

kindly let me borrow a stick of his pc2100, still nothing !!!

Awell, back to the drawing board. I'm gonna try your suggestion

next Dig. Start again from scratch, I'm always really careful when

I'm building a new system, but I'm clutching at straws now so its

worth a try.

~~TIGER~~ · Jan 3, 2003, 02:08 PM

[quote]Originally posted by fornicatarachnid
[b]I was sure it was something to do with the memory ...

Mmmmmmmmm wish i could help m8, am confussed it wisnae ur memory 2, coz lets face it, its the first thing to goes when u get to ur age

digitalwanderer · Jan 3, 2003, 02:10 PM

...you double-check your pin connections for all the power, HD, reset, & LEDs and such; take your time; and DON'T PANIC!!! No matter how bad it seems right now, you're going to find and fix the problem. Perservere!