Houston3000
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I recently built my PC and everything is running perfectly, however there is one glaring issue that keeps bugging me. When I start my system (power on not restart) I get one long beep before it shows my video card information. Once the beep is over the system boots perfectly fine with a single short beep and into windows.
I have:
Gigabyte GA-965P-S3 Motherboard
Intel C2D E6400
256MB Geforce 7900GS
Giel 1GB (2x512) DDR2 800Mhz RAM
After looking in my manual it says that 1 long beep and 1 short beep is either a "DRAM or M/B error" . So, my best guess would be a RAM issue, the Giel is not in the supported RAM list for the motherboard for the 800Mhz range but, really, only about 5 different types of 800Mhz RAM are in the list and, at the top of the document listing the compatibility types, in big bold letters, it states that they there are too many types of RAM to approve or disapprove and many aren't listed but can still be compatible. My memory checks out fine as a GB of Dual Channel Interleaved DDR RAM when the system posts at start up and shows up as a "1.00 GB of RAM" in Windows.
I could really use some help figuring this out, the motherboard uses "Award Bios" and I recently flashed it to the newest version. Is it possible the timings or voltages are wrong? According to Newegg the RAM I purchased has timings of 4-4-4-12 and a voltage of 2.1V. If it isn't a RAM issue it says it could also be a Mobo issue, is it possible that some wires are plugged in wrong from the case (COOLER MASTER Centurion 5 CAC-T05-WW)?
I have:
Gigabyte GA-965P-S3 Motherboard
Intel C2D E6400
256MB Geforce 7900GS
Giel 1GB (2x512) DDR2 800Mhz RAM
After looking in my manual it says that 1 long beep and 1 short beep is either a "DRAM or M/B error" . So, my best guess would be a RAM issue, the Giel is not in the supported RAM list for the motherboard for the 800Mhz range but, really, only about 5 different types of 800Mhz RAM are in the list and, at the top of the document listing the compatibility types, in big bold letters, it states that they there are too many types of RAM to approve or disapprove and many aren't listed but can still be compatible. My memory checks out fine as a GB of Dual Channel Interleaved DDR RAM when the system posts at start up and shows up as a "1.00 GB of RAM" in Windows.
I could really use some help figuring this out, the motherboard uses "Award Bios" and I recently flashed it to the newest version. Is it possible the timings or voltages are wrong? According to Newegg the RAM I purchased has timings of 4-4-4-12 and a voltage of 2.1V. If it isn't a RAM issue it says it could also be a Mobo issue, is it possible that some wires are plugged in wrong from the case (COOLER MASTER Centurion 5 CAC-T05-WW)?