just put a system together and...

[RicKuRuKuS]

its not booting up... everything turns on and its all good but then it starts to smell funny and the mobo starts beeping like this dee doo dee doo dee doo dee doo

the parts are:

radeon 9800 pro
abit nf7-s v2.0
1gb kingston ram
koolance watercooling system
amd athlon 2600+
two dvd-drives
1 hard drive

we are using a 350w antec power supply... thanks for any suggestions guys it was working before fine until i installed new ram, dvd drives, and hard drive...

-rick

 

[Mentali$T]

Have you made sure all the hardware is connected properly? Especially the RAM sumtimes its a bit of a b1tch to get in. Might need to give it a good push in then push the 2 clips on either end down

 

[belmicah]

I have the same mobo, but haven't had that happen yet, however; I did have that happen on another system. Basically, that is a protection built into the BIOS to tell you something is wrong with the CPU test it performed. Make sure you have thermal compund on the chip/heatsink and that it is secure. Reset the BIOS by resetting the CMOS jumper (if you know where that is..sorry, not assuming you are an idiot) or you can just pull the battery off the mobo for like 10 secs. (With the power cable pulled). If you can enter the BIOS screen make sure you have the correct voltage for the CPU. Also, make sure you are not accidently overclocking. Hope this helps.

 

[Danith]

Hmm.. I Have a geforce 6800GT in my system, and when I forget to connect the power cable to it, it lets out that bee-boop-bee-boop thing.. maybe check your graphics card?

what is it that your smelling? If you smell anything burning.. like burning plastic.. turn off your computer immidiatly because something is really wrong (maybe MB grounded to case..)

 

[RicKuRuKuS]

ya im not overclocking at all and i havent messed with the water cooling stuff or moved the mobo or video card... nothing shows up on the screen when i turn it on and i tried resetting the cmos by moving the jumper but i still get the same results.... except now it makes long beeping noises every 3 seconds or so like beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.............. beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee............ beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee until i turn it back off

-rick

 

[belmicah]

If you have the motherboard manual, they list beep code errors. That should point you in the right direction. Go over everything one last time to make sure it is seated correctly and is getting power. Last resort, try a different power supply or CPU.

I have almost the exact same setup, so let me know what you find out if you fix the problem.

 

[RicKuRuKuS]

i found the beep code list:

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).



but my beep code isnt on there... it is just long beeps one after the other until i turn the computer off...

-rick

 

[belmicah]

It says there DRAM isn't inserted correctly" for 1 long continuous beep after another, right. Try switching modules around if you are sure they are seated correctly. Then try one module or the other and in different slots. One module may be bad (or both). Some motherboards don't like certain types of RAM. Google to find out who's having problems. There are millions of these boards out. I have that same RAM I think (xms 3200 c2pt v1.2) and they work fine.

 

[Phandalyon]

From your original post it sounds like this to me:

A two-tone siren, generally caused by overheating or out of specification voltages

That would also explain the smell. if it sounds like a british police siren then you are overheating. Take off your cooler and reseat it ASAP. Make sure you have good contact and good thermal compound.

if it is a single tone beep then RAM it is and you should reseat that.

My guess is that the cooler is somehow not seated properly.

 

[RicKuRuKuS]

alright well i changed the ram back to my old ram (corsair xms 3200) and the system boots normally but nothing shows up on the screen now.... arrrrrrrrrg one problem to the next

 

[Phandalyon]

How about reseating the video card? Make sure the video card is plugged into the monitor (Can't tell you how many times I have done this during troubleshooting, so this one is from experience).