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Asus P9X79 four short beeps
On 5/3/2018 7:34 PM, Bill Anderson wrote:
On 5/3/2018 12:15 AM, Paul wrote: Bill Anderson wrote: Forgot to mention I ran Memtest on all 32 gigs for six hours last night and there were no errors. So it's probably not the RAM itself. Something about the processor and its built-in memory controller. Or the voltage regulators that power the various parts there. Â*Â*Â* Paul I think you put me on the right path in your previous message, Paul, and once again I thank you.Â* I've adjusted things in BIOS and reinstalled all four RAM sticks and I'm showing 32 gigs of healthy memory and the system has been booting flawlessly from shut-down state.Â* All I did was go to the memory adjustments in BIOS and try to make everything as untweaked as possible.Â* Here's how things look now: https://goo.gl/D3x3L7 All this overclocking tweaking stuff is too much for me to even want to figure out.Â* I do remember a few years back trying to tweak timings and so forth, based on advice I'd either read on the internet or that you'd given me.Â* I just don't remember.Â* Whatever, It had all been working fine up until recently and I'd given it no more thought.Â* Something must have goosed BIOS, I dunno.Â* It certainly wasn't me.Â* Maybe now I can stop thinking about it again. Of course things may all go south any time, but right now I'm feeling pretty good about my current setup and I've stopped looking at the latest and greatest Asus motherboards and Intel i7 processors.Â* Boy, you can spend a lot of money on that stuff... Thanks again. And within 20 minutes of posting that I was back to the four beeps again. I'm tired of this. My current build will be six years old in September. It's time. First step is an inventory of everything I have hanging off the P9X79. I'll want to use as much of it as possible. But maybe my new MBO could have more SATA III ports than the P9X79? I've had to get a PCIE card to give me more SATA III ports. And I'd like USB3 internal blocks for USB ports on the front of my case. And I'd like to keep using my NZXT Kraken X61 RL-KRX61-01 liquid CPU cooler, but apparently the only Intel processors it supports are 2011 /1366 /1156 /1155 /1150. Maybe there's an adapter. If not, I'll have to get a new cooler, and I like the Kraken so much -- it's quiet and solved my overheating problem -- I'll probably want to get one that fits whatever new processor I come up with. Let's see what I have in each of the P9X79's slots: PCIEX16_1 slot Silverstone PCI Express Card with USB 3.0 Internal Connector Shouldn't need this if new MBO has internal USB 3.0 connection for front panel PCIEX1_1 slot Hauppauge Colossus video capture card I'll need this in the new build PCIEX1_2 slot ATI Theater 650 Video Card It's a TV tuner card I'm no longer using. Guess I oughta pull it out. PCIEX16_2 slot GEFORCE GTX970 Video Card PCI1 slot Unoccupied as the video card covers it up PCIEX16_3 StarTech 2 Port SATA 6 Gbps PCI Express SATA Controller Card Shouldn't need this in new build if the MBO has plenty of SATA6 ports. So what to get? This looks good, but expensive, ASUS PRIME X299-DELUXE https://goo.gl/iWZhQY It's got seven SATA 6 ports and it has one USB 3.1 Gen 2 front panel connector port. Plus lots more USB. It'll work with this processor, i7 Core X https://goo.gl/kagSsV And of course there's RAM. I'm thinking my 32 gigs of DDR3 was overkill. Maybe 16 gigs for this one? A couple of these Corsair Vengeance sticks? https://goo.gl/NmfLRT I want power for video editing, not so much for gaming, though the Oculus Prime VR device looked interesting and I was disappointed when I ran the routine to check my P9X79 and I learned I didn't have a processor powerful enough. It's an i7 for heaven's sake! I confess I'm at a loss about what I should do. I wouldn't even be thinking about a new build if my P9X79 were dependable, but it's going flaky and I don't want to mess around with it. I want a computer that works. Other ideas? -- Bill Anderson I am the Mighty Favog |
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