FosterK Posted December 15, 2006 Posted December 15, 2006 Just set up the rig as shown in my sig, for my neighbour. Upon boot, I get the first 3 diagnostic LEDs on, and a repeating slow beep. No image output to the screen, either. So if someone could tell me what the slow spaced beeps, and the 3 LEDs mean, or even a possible solution to the problem, that'd be jolly. Cheers. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FosterK Posted December 15, 2006 Posted December 15, 2006 Just removed the GPU, tried turning it on. Same beeps and light situation. Swapped card into the other slot, same again. I'm guessing the 6200LE is incompatible - but nevertheless, would anyone be so kind as to confirm that, or point me in the right direction? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MadDias Posted December 15, 2006 Posted December 15, 2006 u are really trying to boot with a 380w psu? 480w is recommended as minimum edit: the long beep means that something is wrong with ur ram. waht kind of ram are u useing? ddr333? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FosterK Posted December 15, 2006 Posted December 15, 2006 Just tried it with a Hiper type-R 580W from my main rig. Still the same problem The beeps are around one second long, with a one second interval, continuously. I've tried moving the RAM around, to no avail. Time to get some new RAM, and give that a go. The fact that it stalls on the third light would imply that it's a GPU based problem, no? I would have thought that despite being a crossfire board, other brands would work... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FosterK Posted December 15, 2006 Posted December 15, 2006 Just tried it with different RAM. To no avail. Upon looking at the manual again, 3 lights means that the VGA, RAM and CPU are detected. I still don't know what the beeping is, though. Is there a list of the beep/light patterns published anywhere that I can look at? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MadDias Posted December 15, 2006 Posted December 15, 2006 the manual says that a gpu error beep should be a single long beep followed by three short beeps. it may be the cpu, cause the 3led´s mean that it´s checking the cpu... i don´t really know, but it think it´s like this: 4led´s power check 3led´s cpu check 2led´s ram check 1led gpu check no led ready to post and boot someone correct me please if this info is wrong Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FosterK Posted December 15, 2006 Posted December 15, 2006 I'm gonna grab an ATI card tomorrow, give that a try. Should that fail, I'll temporarily donate my CPU from my main rig (erk) to this one. Should that fail AGAIN, Mr. MoBo is going back to Mr. Shop, and Mr. FosterK will be getting a refund, and a new MoBo. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
red930 Posted December 15, 2006 Posted December 15, 2006 When im tweeking memory and its not liking it this board hangs on the 3 lites showing When you put the new memory in did you also do a bios reset ? and no bios reloads ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FosterK Posted December 15, 2006 Posted December 15, 2006 I'll give clearing the CMOS a go with some different RAM in there, but I can't actually access the BIOS, per se. Everything is physical so far. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Lavell Posted December 15, 2006 Posted December 15, 2006 Did you flash the motherboard with the updated BIOS (Date Code: 2005/12/23)? And I would definitely get a more powerful PSU. The motherboard alone requires a good amount of power to run efficently. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
red930 Posted December 15, 2006 Posted December 15, 2006 some times I just don't understand some of you Guys way of thinking. Why in the world would to tell someone new to flash a bios when they ant even stable enough to load the OS the manual says that a gpu error beep should be a single long beep followed by three short beeps.it may be the cpu, cause the 3led´s mean that it´s checking the cpu... i don´t really know, but it think it´s like this: 4led´s power check 3led´s cpu check 2led´s ram check 1led gpu check no led ready to post and boot someone correct me please if this info is wrong When it hangs with three lites showing it hung on reading memory Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MadDias Posted December 15, 2006 Posted December 15, 2006 When it hangs with three lites showing it hung on reading memory according to page 65 of the manual 3 burning leds mean that it hangs on cpu detection Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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