3 beeps intel D850MV

Intel D850MV mobo

I've been tinkering with installing a new hdd and in the course of
things. Following a successfull boot, I heard 3 one second beeps on
shutdown. After that I hear those beeps when I try to boot and of
course no boot occurs.

Intel's pages tell me those 3 beeps mean I have a memory problem.
Which is of course possible, it just seems unlikely since I was
messing with harddrive ribbons and power sources. Further, I've
pulled out one memory stick at a time and tried to boot. Also
swithced stalls one at a time and tried.

I've also disconnected each drives ribbon and power source and tried.

In every case I get those 3 one second beeps.

How can I further debug this?

It sounds like it's possible that the memory controller on the motherboard
has failed.

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DaveW

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"Harry Putnam" wrote in message
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Intel D850MV mobo

I've been tinkering with installing a new hdd and in the course of
things. Following a successfull boot, I heard 3 one second beeps on
shutdown. After that I hear those beeps when I try to boot and of
course no boot occurs.

Intel's pages tell me those 3 beeps mean I have a memory problem.
Which is of course possible, it just seems unlikely since I was
messing with harddrive ribbons and power sources. Further, I've
pulled out one memory stick at a time and tried to boot. Also
swithced stalls one at a time and tried.

I've also disconnected each drives ribbon and power source and tried.

In every case I get those 3 one second beeps.

How can I further debug this?