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I just put my NF7-S V2.0 , my Athlon Xp Mobile 2500+ CPU, 1 GIG of Muskin Pc 3200 ram, Volcano 12 CPU Fan, 200 Gig H.D., and 400 Watt PSU together. I booted up the system and i hear a lot of beeps and they are going on and on with a break in between, i have tried reset cmos to no avail, also take into fact that i messed up my last mobo by getting wrong bios this is the replacement board they sent me back. Hope you guys can help me thanx a lot.
DarkNess4Ever
what is the combonation of beeps?
we need to know them or we cant tell you what the problem is.
well i am really not sure how to count them. i jus kno i boot-up and it goes beep break and beep breka on and on, will the beeps ever stop or what? Please help!
are they short beeps or long beeps?
they are long beeps
Beep Code - Error
1 Long 2 Short - Video Card Error - Either re-seat or replace video card
Repeating beeps - Memory Error - Memory is either damaged or badly seated
Repeating Hi/Low Beeps - Damaged or Overheating CPU
Hi Frequency Beeps - Overheating CPU
this is for award bios. let me see if that's the right bios lol.
i will try all of these things
here's more info:
Basic Beep Codes for ABIT AWARD BIOS Motherboards
No beep at all - this means your motherboard is dead, either due to a defective or underpowered power supply, poorly seated CPU or RAM, or a dead-on-arrival board
One beep - board is working fine
One long beep then machine shuts down - faulty, improperly installed or missing CPU
1 short(Beep) System booting is normally
2 short(Beep) CMOS setting error
1 long - 1 short(Beep) DRAM ERROR
1 long - 2 short(Beep) Display card or monitor connected error
1 long - 3 short(Beep) Keyboard Error
1 long - 9 short(Beep) ROM Error
Long(Beep) continuous DRAM isn't inserted correctly
Short(Beep) continuous POWER supply has a problem
A two-tone siren, generally caused by overheating or out of specification voltages
Four beeps then machine shuts down. This is because this version of the BIOS will shut down your machine if no fan tachometer signal is detected on the fan header. Make sure you attach a fan to the FAN1 or FAN4 header or clear CMOS to reset to default (no checking).
get to work. :P
Here's a good link : http://www.amptron.com/html/bios.beepcodes.html
After trying reinsertin vid card, and ram , and check cpu, my system does the same thing and still wont boot, ne more ideas?
1 long beep (repeats) - system memory problem, try memtest boot disk or different RAM stick
1 long, 2 short beeps (repeats) - Video problem, start by troubleshooting card then motherboard
1 long, 3 short beeps (repeats) - treat the same as previous beep code (video/mobo)
long continuous beeping - again usually caused by faulty or improperly installed system memory.
Any help?
i numbered it down i think it is the ram, because it has long beep then break then long beep and stuff, but i duno i could be wrong, how can i use memtest86 if i get no picture on the screen
You cannot use memtest for this. You need to try other RAM.
Be sure to start with only the basic minimum to boot. I mean remove all unnessasary parts. Leave only the Power supply, Motherboard, CPU, RAM and Video card.
It is not the ram i tested it in another comp, i am thinkn the cpu now
you cant see anything on the screen? try a different video card. get some cheapo nvidia riva card and see if it makes a difference. better yet: if it has integrated video, use that.
wait a sec what video card is in that thing? (why do i get the feeling that the board u are using doesnt have integrated video, and u added no video card? >_<)
the vid card is a geforce fx 5200 with 256mb ram
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Originally Posted by DarkNess4Ever
So you added a card ?
I know your frustrated , were frustrated reading between the lines! :unsure:
Did you disable onboard vid? Do you have another post to point us too?
it never had on board vid sry dude
Right.
welp i tried everything, i tested cpu, ram, and it was good so i guess it is the mobo or vid card, man this sux , still beeps
edit: i tested the video card on another comp and it wrks
so i guess it has to be the motherboard! i wonder why they would send me a bad motherboard bad? this ticks me off, thanx guys.