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Old June 9th 18, 04:53 PM posted to alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.asus
Bill Anderson
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Default Asus P9X79 four short beeps

On 5/25/2018 2:16 PM, Bill Anderson wrote:

I don't know what else to do.Â* Memtest never finds an error and Windows
and Aida report my 32 gigabytes of DDR3 are behaving normally.Â* I think
there's got to be a MBO problem, but if you have another idea I'd like
to hear it.Â* Otherwise I'm about to do some expensive shopping.Â* At
least I'll be starting with a nice new power supply.


I'm now convinced the P9X79 is my problem.

I bought a new MBO -- Asus Prime X-299A and outfitted it with a new i7
processor and 16 gigs of ddr4 memory and (my new pride and joy) a 500 GB
Samsung NVMe m.2 socket SSD card. Man that thing is blazing fast -- I'm
convinced even faster than my old Samsung 500 GB SSD. And in case you're
wondering, a Kraken X61 cooler moves from a LGA 2011 socket to an LGA
2066 socket with no fuss at all. Fits perfectly.

In building the new system I came to the embarrassing (but mistaken)
conclusion that my whole problem had a bad Colossus video capture card,
as I couldn't get my old one to work on the new MBO for some reason.
The new system wouldn't start with that Colossus card installed. Well I
just knew that must have been my problem all along, so I ordered a new
Colossus 2 card which is working flawlessly in the new system. I was
confident I'd identified the problem and pretty annoyed at myself for
buying a new MBO and processor and all the rest when all I'd needed to
do was replace that Colossus card. Sure, I wanted a faster system, but
still...

So last night, with the new system up and running great, I gathered some
unused parts and rebuilt my old system. I had a spare case and cooler
and power supply and really everything I needed except an optical drive
and strangely, a little motherboard speaker -- both easily obtainable.
I certainly had enough parts to fire up the rebuilt P9X79, which I did
and it started perfectly, everything working. And then I shut down and
restarted and ... nothing. I head no beeps because I had no MBO
speaker, but it was easy to tell it wasn't booting.

Wait, try, wait, try, wait ... then it booted. Same behavior as before,
and this time with practically no peripherals installed. Removed all
memory but one card ... nothing. Switched out that card ... nothing.
Wait, try, wait, try, wait ...and it boots.

So I want a new motherboard for my Intel LGA 2011 i7 3930 processor and
32 gigabytes of Corsair Vengeance DDR3 memory. And I can't seem to find
anything worth having for less than about $400. I can find micro
motherboards that come with a processor already installed for under
$150, but I want a full ATX with onboard sound and a few slots for
peripherals like my spare nVidia GTX 570 video card. And I don't want
to pay $250 to $400 to build a system I don't really need but would like
to have around just in case...you know.

Anybody have a suggestion for where to find something cheap? And good?
Please help me find a use for all my spare parts....

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Bill Anderson

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