Built new PC...it won't boot...

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Limp Gawd
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Put my new PC together tonight and turned it on...All it does is beep every couple seconds. The beep will last about 2 seconds. I get no image on the monitor. I tried 3 different HDs so I can rule that out. All cables are hooked up right AFAIK.



WTF could the problem be?
 
Did you strip it to barebones and try it?

Did you try a different powersupply?

And most importantly, did you read the manual and see what those beeps mean?
 
After messing w/the RAm some more the beeping crap is gone, but it still does not boot up.
 
Taking out a stick of RAM if you're running dual channel would've been my guess.

Damn. Reset the CMOS and try booting with an older stick of ram? Take out the hdd's altogether?
 
Adionik said:
Taking out a stick of RAM if you're running dual channel would've been my guess.

Damn. Reset the CMOS and try booting with an older stick of ram? Take out the hdd's altogether?
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I only have 1 stick of ram for it.

I have tried booting up w/only the vid card & ps hooked up to the mb and I got nothing. I tried the vid card in my current machine and it's good. Looks to me like a doa mb and/or ram.
 
The beep is telling you something, find out what the beep means. Your bios was saying that something is wrong.
 
QuimZ said:
The beep is telling you something, find out what the beep means. Your bios was saying that something is wrong.
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Yea, I agree with this. It's not a minor thing like forgetting to put the power cable in the floppy drive... its something wrong. I would also try resetting the CMOS. Could also be, like you said, something DOA.

Sadly, without being there, I can't really say what it is. Your just going to have to try and keep troubleshooting untill you narrow it down to one thing (if you can).
~Good luck, and keep us posted
 
The beep code you were explaining is RAM. But you already figured that out. Try one RAM stick at a time in different slots. Once you get it running update the BIOS and try for Dual Channel again.

I'm going to to out on a limb here and guess it's a DFI board.
 
The beep code could also mean an improperly seated or bad video card. Check your motherboard manual for details.
 
Major_A said:
The beep code you were explaining is RAM. But you already figured that out. Try one RAM stick at a time in different slots. Once you get it running update the BIOS and try for Dual Channel again.

I'm going to to out on a limb here and guess it's a DFI board.
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I only have ONE stick of RAM. It no longer beeps at all, but I still get nithing when I turn it on with or without RAM installed.

Vid card is fine, it works in my current machine.
 
Also make sure there is a case standoff for eack MOBO mounting hole... and no extras.
 
The damn thing is back to the same beeping shit. I tried new memory from CompUSA and it still beeps...WTF?!

& before anyoine else wastes time w/it, the beeping it's doing has to do w/the memory
 
The most important thing you can do is keep calm and not get frustrated.... that's the WORST thing you can do at the moment.

You never did tell us if you cleared the CMOS.........................

What motherboard is it, and what memory did you put in it?
 
towert7 said:
The most important thing you can do is keep calm and not get frustrated.... that's the WORST thing you can do at the moment.

You never did tell us if you cleared the CMOS.........................

What motherboard is it, and what memory did you put in it?
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Yes, I cleared CMOS. That didn't help. :(

Mach Speed k8m8ms MB
Ultra DDR pc3200 1 GB of RAM
Also tried a stick of PNY DDR pc3200 512mb RAM
 
well, im out of ideas.

Last thing I would do is call the motherboard company if you have free tech support. See what they recommend.

~Good luck
 
Do you get any display? Once I had this problem.. turned out to be a fried video :eek:
 
sounds like the video on your motherboard went bad. same exact thing happened to my computer..in fact im just now getting around to rmaing it. There are no beeps whatsoever, no picture on the monitor, but the mobo light is lit up.
 
You said you tested the video card and it's fine. You also stated that reseating (playing with) the RAM got rid of the beeping at one time.

#1 If the beeping went away, the mobo must not have been detecting a fault. Try to clean your ram slots with a qtip, wouldn't suggest any isopropanol yet to be safe. See if you can get the RAM to seat and get rid of the beeping.

#2 You never told us what mobo you have. Does it have onboard video? If so, you may have actually had it running at one time but with onboard video and your monitor hooked up to the card it's very likely the image signal was being sent to the onboard vga port isntead. You should also check to make sure your video card is compatible with your motherboard. If it's an AGP video card, some motherboards won't support the proper AGP voltage for a 3.3V card and only 1.5V versions will work in them.

Good luck getting it solved, I had similar problems with my new A64 3700+ rig. Lucky for me all I had to do was plug in some speakers and the mobo told me exactly what was wrong itself, lol.
 
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