I wasn’t sure if I should post this here, or the oh crap I need help like now forum… anyways,
My dad bought a new board and chip for his comp, the chip was used (tested and working fine). The board was working fine because he had his old chip on it. The problem is when he put the new chip on and booted it up all it does is beep now… :banghead: even when he tries his old chip all it does is beep… Anyone have any ideas or suggestions? Or is the board toast now?
Thanks in advance.
count the beeps, they mean something. Look up online what they mean. Usually does that when RAM isn’t properly seated.
what motherboard? what processor? what ram? Onboard video? Got the P4 connector and proper power supply (ATX 2.0 with 24 connections, or ATX 1.0 with only 20?)
If we know what you have in it, perhaps we can see the problem pretty quickly. With a model of the motherboard, I can pull up the manual
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count the beeps, they mean something. Look up online what they mean. Usually does that when RAM isn’t properly seated.
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its continuous, about 1/sec and it doesn’t stop
[quote=“Clean Baldy,post:3,topic:38025"”]
what motherboard? what processor? what ram? Onboard video? Got the P4 connector and proper power supply (ATX 2.0 with 24 connections, or ATX 1.0 with only 20?)
If we know what you have in it, perhaps we can see the problem pretty quickly. With a model of the motherboard, I can pull up the manual
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The board is is an asus a7v8x-x, and the chip is a thoughrobred (sp?) athalon AMD 2600+, It has a gig of ddr1 ram, and an nvidia 7800gs video card.
Also I talked to my dad again and he told me it won’t post… I dont know what that means but he told me to put it up here. And the beeping is continuous at about 1beep/sec
on that processor, if there is even a teeny tiny crack or chip off of the core (the metal square/rectangle on top of the chip) then it may be the processor that is causing the problem. With those processors, they are very easy to damage with the heatsink. Check that if my next suggestion isn’t the fix.
Pop the battery off of the motherboard, switch the Clear CMOS jumper to CLEAR setting. Unplug the power supply from the motherboard and wait a minute just to make sure that the power has drained and you’re sure the BIOS cleared. Reattach, change the jumper back, and try again. If this doesn’t work, check the processor for chipped corners.
Report back with what happens
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on that processor, if there is even a teeny tiny crack or chip off of the core (the metal square/rectangle on top of the chip) then it may be the processor that is causing the problem. With those processors, they are very easy to damage with the heatsink. Check that if my next suggestion isn’t the fix.
Pop the battery off of the motherboard, switch the Clear CMOS jumper to CLEAR setting. Unplug the power supply from the motherboard and wait a minute just to make sure that the power has drained and you’re sure the BIOS cleared. Reattach, change the jumper back, and try again. If this doesn’t work, check the processor for chipped corners.
Report back with what happens
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Thanks for the help and the quick response… I will have him give that a shot and get back to you with the results.
did you take anything else out when you swapped the chips? if so did you put them all back where they were, and seat them properly. try reseating the ram and the video card, also take the heatsink off and make sure the chip is in the socket all the way. then when you put the heatsink back on be careful how you put it back on so its flush with the chip and attached tightly.
[quote=“Clean Baldy,post:5,topic:38025"”]
on that processor, if there is even a teeny tiny crack or chip off of the core (the metal square/rectangle on top of the chip) then it may be the processor that is causing the problem. With those processors, they are very easy to damage with the heatsink. Check that if my next suggestion isn’t the fix.
Pop the battery off of the motherboard, switch the Clear CMOS jumper to CLEAR setting. Unplug the power supply from the motherboard and wait a minute just to make sure that the power has drained and you’re sure the BIOS cleared. Reattach, change the jumper back, and try again. If this doesn’t work, check the processor for chipped corners.
Report back with what happens
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he cleared the CMOS like 6 times… still not working… he tried tossing his old chip on and its doing the same thing… just continuous beeping and still not posting…
did you plug the video card into the power supply via molex connector? if you did, make sure it’s on the main 12v rail
Is the board new? or was it an old one from a previous system? Did you totally disassemble the machine? or did you just swap out the processor?
These are BIOS dependent, so if you can get his version it might help (these are for the factory default BIOS)
1 short beep: Normal
2 short beeps: CMOS error
1 long and 1 short beep: DRAM error
1 long and 2 short beeps: Video card error
1 long and 3 short beeps: Keyboard error
1 long and 9 short beeps: ROM error
Long continuous beeps: DRAM not installed correctly
Short continuous beeps: Bad power supply
Take a look for bulged capacitors, and burn marks, and make sure the board is seated properly on the stand-offs (shorting out).
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did you plug the video card into the power supply via molex connector? if you did, make sure it’s on the main 12v rail
Is the board new? or was it an old one from a previous system? Did you totally disassemble the machine? or did you just swap out the processor?
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the board was bought from someone, but was new in the box…
the video card was put in while a gigabyte board and 2100 chip were in then the asus board was put in with the same 2100 chip, everything working great, then when he tried to switch to the 2600 chip it wouldn’t boot up, and then when he went back to the 2100 chip on the asus board that no longer worked either… bad chip that fried the board?
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These are BIOS dependent, so if you can get his version it might help (these are for the factory default BIOS)
1 short beep: Normal
2 short beeps: CMOS error
1 long and 1 short beep: DRAM error
1 long and 2 short beeps: Video card error
1 long and 3 short beeps: Keyboard error
1 long and 9 short beeps: ROM error
Long continuous beeps: DRAM not installed correctly
Short continuous beeps: Bad power supply
Take a look for bulged capacitors, and burn marks, and make sure the board is seated properly on the stand-offs (shorting out).
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brand new-ish power supply… no bulged capacitors… worked just fine with the old chip…
sooo the 2600 chip runs on the gigabyte board… i guess the asus board is shot.