In article , RDellinger
wrote:

Still having problems with new install. Originally, I wasn't getting
any beeps, no video, and even the hard drives didn't seem to spin. I
swapped memory and power supplies and still the same except I get a
beep but this is after waiting maybe 10 seconds. Aren't usually the
beep codes heard in less than half that time?

On my computer, it takes 30 seconds to a minute, for the BIOS
to figure out no keyboard is connected. The fact that 10 seconds
have passed means this time the BIOS got further through the power
on self test (POST) process.

SK8N motherboard
AMD FX-51 CPU
KVR333X72RC25/512 (don't know how many sticks)
Power supply - model number, brand ?
Number of disk drives ?

If the drive isn't spinning, either that means
one of (+5V, +12V) is not withint spec (overloaded),
or the BIOS has specifically issued a command to
park the drive. A cheap multimeter, applied to a drive
connector (to check +5 and +12) and applied to the six
pin AUX power connector (to check +3.3V), will tell you
whether the supply is at fault.

http://www.asus.com.tw/support/cpusu...pusupport.aspx

AMD Athlon 64 FX-51 ALL 1003

System will not boot with this processor
before updaing to version 1003

Check the paper label on the flash chip, to see
what revision it is running. You may need to
install an Opteron, in order to flash the BIOS.

Also note, there is a thread on Abxzone, where the
flashing process needs the use of a particular command
line option. One of the BIOS downloads contains an .exe
to do the flashing, and that .exe apparently sets the
options for programming the flash. The other BIOS
versions on the download page also have warnings about
how not to flash. The people on Abxzone experienced
non repeatable conditions on their SK8N boards,
where sometimes the board would boot and sometimes
not, when using the early BIOS.

Given you are using an FX-51, and there were issues
with BIOS prior to the 1003 release version, a BIOS
update is most likely to help. You just may need
an Opteron in the socket in order to do it. An
alternative, is to send the flash chip to badflash.com
and have a later version of BIOS flashed into it.

HTH,
Paul