Motherboard Beeps?

DisvengeanceDisvengeance
edited October 2003 in Hardware
Ok i realize i just posted not to long ago on my other thread, but i thought this may get me quicker service. I began to swap part out today, i got my comp to post but it froze. Now it doesnt even post but not to long after booting i get a long beep followed by 2 short beeps. Can someone tell me what this means?

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  • TheBaronTheBaron Austin, TX
    edited October 2003
    could be bad ram. try clearing the CMOS
  • SimGuySimGuy Ottawa, Canada
    edited October 2003
    What motherboard are you using?

    http://www.short-media.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1203

    1 Long, 2 Short on both an AMIBIOS or AWARD BIOS mean video subsystem failure.

    Sounds like a dead video card.
  • EnverexEnverex Worcester, UK Icrontian
    edited October 2003
    Video card.

    BEEEEEEEP Be Beep

    is a Video Card Error/Missing.

    The machine will still boot, but you cant see anything.
    Try reseating it, or try another card in there.

    NS
  • DisvengeanceDisvengeance
    edited October 2003
    but the thing is i could still see everything, it just froze on me
  • Straight_ManStraight_Man Geeky, in my own way Naples, FL Icrontian
    edited October 2003
    I have gotten that when the first stick of RAM has a bad first module also-- no video RAM sharing in that case fro the Main RAM based frame buffer. video card seating, video card, Bad RAM stick in slot 0 or bank 0, all can cause this. Mismatched RAM with an OC in place can cause the slowest RAM as far as specs go to malf on boot also. Try other RAM stick in RAM slot 0 or lowest numbered slot to isolate RAM from video card, and make sure card is seated, screwed down, and latched at other end of socket-- no latch or latch does not lock, wrong kind socket to use that card.

    I figure since you are continuing the previous thread here that similar things that could have applied there also apply here maybe.

    Also, how big is first RAM stick, that card might try to grab 64 MB at once for frame buffer, so you need a stick bigger than 64 MB as first stick in RAM or BIOS and Video BIOS will not be able to echo, board and BIOS will possibly not go any further in boot process than failing to set up video. If you did not disable onboard video and that is still active, could be TWO frame buffers are trying to be established, TWO viode BIOS echoes are on verge of happening, that would fubar boot BIG time-- seen THAT also. That would eat up to 128 MB of main (on mobo) RAM possibly given what you said you had as embedded video.

    John.
  • DisvengeanceDisvengeance
    edited October 2003
    well i did have my ram seated in slot 1, and it posted but crashed, probably due to the video card. But when i moved the ram to slots 2 and 3 it didnt even post, i cleared the CMOS jumper multiple times and still got the same response, so does this mean that the video card is causing the problems all this bye itself or could i also have faulty motherboard or ram slots?

    EDIT//: i reconnected the power to the video card and pushed it into the AGP slot to make sure everything was fine, i booted and it got past posting without any beeps. But when windows started to load the bar went by about 3 times and then the screen went black.
  • SimGuySimGuy Ottawa, Canada
    edited October 2003
    Try swapping video cards (if you can), even if its an old AGP2x junker. :)
  • DisvengeanceDisvengeance
    edited October 2003
    only other video card option i have is a pci radeon 7000:(

    soon ill be swapping everything from another system though, and if everything works fine then ill know its the video card
  • SimGuySimGuy Ottawa, Canada
    edited October 2003
    That's fine. Remove the AGP card, install the Radeon 7000, attach the monitor and fire up the PC.

    If it works, it's either a dead/dying video card or dead/dying AGP slot issue.
  • DisvengeanceDisvengeance
    edited October 2003
    but the problem is that i wont be able to determine whether its a dead card or a dead mobo agp slot, unless of course i rma either the mobo or the vid card

    i seriously also beleive that my processor or cpu is dieing to because i have experienced extremely slow boot ups, and ive been able to test everything other than cpu and mobo
  • SimGuySimGuy Ottawa, Canada
    edited October 2003
    You won't be able to differentiate between the two, but you can narrow it down 1 of 2 video components: the card or the AGP slot.

    If your PCI card starts the PC normally, than you know it is either the AGP slot or the AGP video card because the PCI card doesn't use the AGP slot and it's a different card than the normal AGP card. :)
  • DisvengeanceDisvengeance
    edited October 2003
    it probably is the video card, because when i tried to reconnect the power, i couldnt even get the power cord off, it was practically stuck on, and i didnt want to break the card
  • DisvengeanceDisvengeance
    edited October 2003
    :mad: now i know whats wrong, just read the thread on the catalyst 3.8, i had been running them since they came out. thats what destroyed my card :mad::mad::mad: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead: :banghead:

    i appreciate all the help though guys, but the only thing i can do is RMA
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