Occasion 'No Post'

[TicTac]

Hi all,

I have this weird problem with my computer -

I have a slight overclock currently on the following system -

Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe
Athlon 3500+ Venice @2.4ghz @1.4v
1gb Gskill Ram, 3,3,3,8 @220mhz
Geforce 6200TC
Antec Smartpower II
160gb Seagate Barracuda.

My computer is prime and superpi stable for a long time. I turned it on this morning and it wouldn't post! I think it was 1 long beep, and then 2 short ones possibly. Shorting the onboard battery to reset the bios settings got things working instantly again.

Yet I know, I can go up to 2.5ghz stable at stock volts and I know it has been stable in everything I do, so why did I suddenly get this non-post? I have had my computer 6 months, and if my memory serves me correctly this has happened twice.

I don't think any of my components can be faulty to cause a non-post with a slight overclock every 3 months or so?

(My HT does not exceed 1000mhz, my PCI(E) frequencies are locked, my RAM is stable with no errors, my HD has no bad sectors).

My computer is a little dusty inside in places, but I don't think that would cause the problem?

Any ideas or advice,
Thanks

 

[heero884]

Hi all,

I have this weird problem with my computer -

I have a slight overclock currently on the following system -

Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe
Athlon 3500+ Venice @2.4ghz @1.4v
1gb Gskill Ram, 3,3,3,8 @220mhz
Geforce 6200TC
Antec Smartpower II
160gb Seagate Barracuda.

My computer is prime and superpi stable for a long time. I turned it on this morning and it wouldn't post! I think it was 1 long beep, and then 2 short ones possibly. Shorting the onboard battery to reset the bios settings got things working instantly again.

Yet I know, I can go up to 2.5ghz stable at stock volts and I know it has been stable in everything I do, so why did I suddenly get this non-post? I have had my computer 6 months, and if my memory serves me correctly this has happened twice.

I don't think any of my components can be faulty to cause a non-post with a slight overclock every 3 months or so?

(My HT does not exceed 1000mhz, my PCI(E) frequencies are locked, my RAM is stable with no errors, my HD has no bad sectors).

My computer is a little dusty inside in places, but I don't think that would cause the problem?

Any ideas or advice,
Thanks

would it be possible that you heard 1 long beep and 3 short beeps? for your motherboard it indicates a problem with the ram. try reseating the ram and see if this ever happens again. if it does you should probably back off the ram overclock and see what happens. it probably wouldnt hurt to run memtest86 or prime95 to check your ram either.