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GobblesGobbles Ventura California
edited January 2004 in Hardware
Ok I got my parts... I installed the mobo ram and processor.. I fire it up and I get a continued long beep then silence for a sec or 2 then long beep.. This does not stop. Everything powers up fans and all. I get 1 red one green on the board.

Ive tried the ram in different slots as ive read that the beep code is improperly seated RAM but I know its seated correctly....

Im getting discouraged.. Help me... I pray that I dont have to RMA anything. I removed the heatsink everything looks ok there...

Please Help...


Gobbles

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  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited January 2004
    Board? CPU? RAM? etc... I have enough trouble tracking my own hardware, so you'll have to refresh my memory as to what we're talking about here.

    Basic first step: Clear CMOS.
  • dodododo Landisville, PA
    edited January 2004
    look in your motherboard manual for some beep code explanation. cant really help you here unless you say what motherboard it is.

    ~dodo

    //Edit: Geeky=too quick

    make sure the RAM is seated correctly
  • MediaManMediaMan Powered by loose parts.
    edited January 2004
    Is this a P4 board? Do you have the second PSU 4pin power connector connected to the motherboard? Besides the bar shaped power connector?

    Repeating beeps can indicate bad memory. Do you have a spare DIMM from another system that you can try?
  • GobblesGobbles Ventura California
    edited January 2004
    abit NF7S
    Barton 2500+
    Corsair xms 3200 c2pt

    I looked up the beep codes... 1 long (silence) 1 long over and over and over.. According to web its a ram seating issue but its in there tight...

    Gobbles
  • GobblesGobbles Ventura California
    edited January 2004
    no post screen nothing on screen but everything spins up and appears to work...
    screen el blacko

    Gobbles
  • GobblesGobbles Ventura California
    edited January 2004
    I might be able to borrow the 2100 stick out of this machine but thats gonna be a pain in the ass to try
  • dodododo Landisville, PA
    edited January 2004
    maybe try reseating the stick in another slot?

    ~dodo
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited January 2004
    Try another video card.
  • GobblesGobbles Ventura California
    edited January 2004
    another video card?
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited January 2004
    Just for the hell of it... if you've cleared the CMOS and tried both sticks (I assume this is a dual pack) individually in all 3 ram slots, you might as well
  • GobblesGobbles Ventura California
    edited January 2004
    ok...

    it was a single stick 512

    I swapped it with a 2100 256 outta this machine and it fired right up.

    Sooo bad stick... the 2100 crucial sticked worked perfectly... at 2.5 3 3 6

    so off to RMA now im out my machine for awhile or i yank it apart again and put the old stuff back in...

    Gobbles
  • GobblesGobbles Ventura California
    edited January 2004
    oh and i tried the corsair in this dell and it would not post either..
  • EyesOnlyEyesOnly Sweden New
    edited January 2004
    Looks like problem solved. Good luck with the new stick ones you get it.
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited January 2004
    Why the hell did you get 1 stick with an NF7-S anyhow?
  • Straight_ManStraight_Man Geeky, in my own way Naples, FL Icrontian
    edited January 2004
    Weel, 1 512 is cheaper than 2 256's most places, right now. So, it is a starting point.

    ONE SEEMINGLY DUMB IDEA, though.... Before you RMA, reset the CMOS by powering down, unplugging mobo power and then pulling the battery, leave it out for a count of 30 and put back in. Could be that the CMOS needed a reset as was defaulted to PC 2100 settings in a quick test, or that the board got hit with a tib of static.... I have had boards do that, a LOT. And when that happens, I typically also leave the old CMOS battery out and replace with new one. This is one way to force-clear a CMOS, and it can help with that beep set sometimes.

    Also, on a new board, the RAM might need quite a bit of pressure to seat, I have had RAM sticks CLICK into place, audibly, on brand new boards with brand new RAM sticks. I use my thumb to seat, press down hard on center top of stick, and then run thumb slowly along stick length while pushing down hard. Power off when seating RAM.

    John.
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited January 2004
    One stick is no slower than two sticks on an NF7-S, as the Athlon is incapable of using dual channel.. At all. The highest performance boost is on a synthetic 3d rendering benchmark, wherein the increase is 1.3%.

    So, geeky, he saved a few bucks, and lost nothing in the process. That's why the hell he got it.
  • GobblesGobbles Ventura California
    edited January 2004
    I tried the stick im my sisters Dell machine and it would not post either though? could it still be the cmos on the NF7? I find it hard to believe this stick is defective right out of the box...

    Gobbles
  • GobblesGobbles Ventura California
    edited January 2004
    I tried a reset btw... I did what the manual stated and removed the power and moved the jumper, but I did not removed the battery.

    Gobbles
  • TexTex Dallas/Ft. Worth
    edited January 2004
    Gobbles wrote:
    I find it hard to believe this stick is defective right out of the box...Gobbles

    more then you ever want to dream about are defective "right out of the box". Highest failure rate isnt as they die over a year or twos usuage but fresh out of the box and brand spanking new. And brand spanking dead...

    Tex
  • GobblesGobbles Ventura California
    edited January 2004
    well it will be atleast thursday before they receive it. 2 days to process and another 2 days to ship... that puts it at about wednesday of next week... crap...


    Gobbles
  • GobblesGobbles Ventura California
    edited January 2004
    Ive been reading alot.. There seems to be 2 versions of this issue...

    1. No post/beeps wont boot no matter what you do or ram u use.
    2. No post/beeps will boot with other ram.

    Since it will boot with other ram im going to try and set the voltages for the corsair and the timings save it then swap the memory and try and boot. Ive read tales of this working. Ill post back tonight when I get home if I have any luck..

    will setting the voltages up damage the 2100 ram (micron ram), it will only be so for a few minutes max...

    Gobbles
  • TexTex Dallas/Ft. Worth
    edited January 2004
    The voltages should be the same or about the same.
  • GobblesGobbles Ventura California
    edited January 2004
    ive read that the corsair likes slightly higher voltages..

    I could be off but it seems to have worked for several others.. Ive also read it a bios issue and that its fixed in later bios... Whats the best bios to try?

    Gobbles
  • teflemingtefleming
    edited January 2004
    The problem could be that this stick won't run at 133. Your NF7 might be running it at "Safe-Mode" speeds (133) and the Dell would definitely be running it at 133 (since stock was 133) that's why you should reset CMOS which should put it in "SPD" mode which would run it at memory stock (200) async
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