A friend sent me an email asking about a problem he's having on a comp he's building, and it's not something I've ever seen. Hoping someone here may have experienced something similar at one time or another.
His email:
"My aunt asked me to build her a new budget computer, so I accepted and got these parts:
AMD Sempron 64 2800+
ASUS K8U-X motherboard (ULi chipset)
ASUS' GeForce FX5200
Corsair DDR pc400 512mb stick
Audigy card
300w PSU
WD 160gb HDD
I've built a couple of computers before so I usually know what I'm doing! However when I booted this computer up the following things happened:
Fans/HDD all come on like normal.
Both LED's on the front of the case stay on.
No display.
The speaker beeps this code: 1 long, 2 short. and repeats it.
I looked up the beep code and supposedly it is some sort of Video problem.
"Either video adapter is bad or is not seated properly. Also, check to ensure the monitor cable is connected properly."
I placed the card in another computer, works fine! Put another video card in and still got the beep code. Ok... I try taking everything out of the case, disconnecting, reconnecting combo's and still I get the 1 long, 2 short beep action. I then sent an e-mail to Asus asking for help and got some lame ass automated response that does not help in the slightest.
Any idea's/suggestions?"
His email:
"My aunt asked me to build her a new budget computer, so I accepted and got these parts:
AMD Sempron 64 2800+
ASUS K8U-X motherboard (ULi chipset)
ASUS' GeForce FX5200
Corsair DDR pc400 512mb stick
Audigy card
300w PSU
WD 160gb HDD
I've built a couple of computers before so I usually know what I'm doing! However when I booted this computer up the following things happened:
Fans/HDD all come on like normal.
Both LED's on the front of the case stay on.
No display.
The speaker beeps this code: 1 long, 2 short. and repeats it.
I looked up the beep code and supposedly it is some sort of Video problem.
"Either video adapter is bad or is not seated properly. Also, check to ensure the monitor cable is connected properly."
I placed the card in another computer, works fine! Put another video card in and still got the beep code. Ok... I try taking everything out of the case, disconnecting, reconnecting combo's and still I get the 1 long, 2 short beep action. I then sent an e-mail to Asus asking for help and got some lame ass automated response that does not help in the slightest.
Any idea's/suggestions?"