- HAL9000 wrote:
If the cpu overheats you'll get a siren alarm. I would check the cpu
and the heat sink installation. Are there any bent or broken pins?
Was the socket latched with the cpu not all the way in? Is the
heatsink rotated 180 degrees off and therefore not flush with the top
of the cpu?

Forrest

Motherboard Help By HAL web site:
http://home.comcast.net/~mobo.help/


Thnx,
Yes tried all that, cpu is seated ok and the fan/heatsink are installed
correctly with plenty of thermal paste, I've built a few systems with
this cpu and no probs this is a first with the AV8 mobo I starting to
think it might be the problem.
On 21 Apr 2006 04:45:10 -0700, "hal1707"
wrote:

I have built a brand new system with an Abit AV8 pro motherboard and an
Athlon 64 3000+ Venice skt 939 and it will not post.
I have tried everything including different ram and vga cards etc. also
clearing the cmos.
There are no other items connected and it still does the same. I get
the guru code 9.0 on the motherboard display which is where the bios
should take over and then it starts a two tone beeping sound like a
siren! I have no way of testing the cpu on another board.
Could it be the Bios? HELP!!
Abit AV8 Pro mobo
AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Venice cpu (Retail)
Mercury 400w psu