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Won't POST, Help me!

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Hey guys, I just got finished putting together a new rig for my brother and it won't POST. It has a long beep (5 secs or so) and then silence *5 secs or so) and keeps doing that. What is the deal? Here are some of the specs:

Abit IC7-MAX3
Pentium 4 3.0GHZ
1 gid of Cosair XMS DDR400 (2 512 chips)
2 80gig W.D. SATA Hard drives
ASUS Radeon 9800PRO
Sound Blaster Audigy 2

Help me out,
Thanks,
Jeff.
 
1. Reseat everything
2. Try with 1 stick of ram (try each stick seperately)
3. Make sure 9800 pro's external power cord is plugged in

Some ideas to start with
 
Tried all 3 to no avail... I figure that somthing is dead, but I dont know what. No matter what I do, I get the same beep EVERYTIME.


Thanks,
Jeff.
 
I thought I hit submit.. sorry:

Look in the IC7 manual for an explanation of the beeps.

I think the beep is probably signifying somethings wrong with the RAM.

Try taking all the ram out and putting in a stick from a different computer.
 
The only thing the manual says about beeps is a Temprature Warning.

Check your HSF and remount it (new paste).

Cheers,
 
Check the ATX and 12V power cords to the mobo, make sure they are seated correctly. A friend's computer started making the exact same beep sequence you speak of after she moved to a new house. I came over and reseated the power cables and everything ran fine until the next move. This was an MSI board, though, the the beeps may mean different things.

Another thing would be to try and boot it with a different video card, perhaps your own. That could be the culprit.

Is the mobo brand new? Try resetting the CMOS chip while you're inside the case. Perhaps there's a bad mem timing or something if its refurbished or second hand or whatever.

Have you tried to boot with a regular IDE HDD? Which set of SATA headers are you using on the mobo? I believe this particular board has an additional Promise or HighPoint SATA RAID controller on-board. Perhaps one or the other controller is not functioning correctly.

That's about all I can think of. Good luck.
 
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