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Newly built PC won't boot and has steady beep
I am building my own PC. When I try to boot it up for the first time
all it does give a steady beep. It does not even get to the point where anything shows up on the monitor. What are the possible problems. Its an intel P4 3.4 MHZ CPU on an Elitegroup 848p-A motherboard. |
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"slove" wrote in message ... I am building my own PC. When I try to boot it up for the first time all it does give a steady beep. It does not even get to the point where anything shows up on the monitor. What are the possible problems. Its an intel P4 3.4 MHZ CPU on an Elitegroup 848p-A motherboard. You'll need a good 400 watt PSU to run this, continuous beep is PSU error. -- Chris Technical director CKCCOMPUSCRIPT Apple Computers, Intel, Roland audio, ATI, Microsoft, Sun Solaris, Cisco and Silicone Graphics. Wholesale distributor and specialist audio visual computers and servers FREE SUPPORT @, http://www.ckccomp.plus.com/site/page.HTM |
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On Sat, 19 Feb 2005 22:16:32 -0500, slove wrote:
I am building my own PC. When I try to boot it up for the first time all it does give a steady beep. It does not even get to the point where anything shows up on the monitor. What are the possible problems. Its an intel P4 3.4 MHZ CPU on an Elitegroup 848p-A motherboard. http://www.bioscentral.com/beepcodes/awardbeep.htm |
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"slove" wrote in message ... I am building my own PC. When I try to boot it up for the first time all it does give a steady beep. It does not even get to the point where anything shows up on the monitor. What are the possible problems. Its an intel P4 3.4 MHZ CPU on an Elitegroup 848p-A motherboard. just in case you didn't know Phoenix and Award are part of the same company http://www.phoenix.com/en/Customer+S...rror+Codes.htm -- Chris Technical director CKCCOMPUSCRIPT Apple Computers, Intel, Roland audio, ATI, Microsoft, Sun Solaris, Cisco and Silicone Graphics. Wholesale distributor and specialist audio visual computers and servers FREE SUPPORT @, http://www.ckccomp.plus.com/site/page.HTM |
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"Chris" wrote in message ... "slove" wrote in message ... I am building my own PC. When I try to boot it up for the first time all it does give a steady beep. It does not even get to the point where anything shows up on the monitor. What are the possible problems. Its an intel P4 3.4 MHZ CPU on an Elitegroup 848p-A motherboard. Did you try a different video card and RAM? Did you make sure that you have both the 20-pin and 4-pin power supply connectors hooked up? --- Kevin Chalker, Owner KC COMPUTERS E-mail: Web: www.kc-computers.com Internet dealer since 1991!!! See WWW.RESELLERRATINGS.COM!!! |
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You cannot see electrons. No one can provide anything but
wild speculative answers if you do not provide necessary numbers. You are working on computers. Therefore two essential tools are a screw driver and a 3.5 digit multimeter. So ubiquitous as to even be sold in Sears, Lowes, Home Depot, and Radio Shack. The background information necessary to learn why your power supply 'system' (and yes the 'system' is more than just a PSU) is not working was posted previously in: "Computer doesnt start at all" in alt.comp.hardware on 10 Jan 2004 at http://tinyurl.com/2t69q and "I think my power supply is dead" in alt.comp.hardware on 5 Feb 2004 at http://www.tinyurl.com/2musa Now when you have a question, you have numbers so that others can 'see' what is happening. In your cases, important numbers on the 3.3, 5, 5VSB, 12 volt, Power On, and Power Good signals is important. When power is suppose to be off, in the one second after power switch is pressed, and when power should be running. All those numbers or how those voltages move is important. Long before you fix sticking doors inside the house, first you check the foundation. Same applies to computers. The foundation is the power supply 'system'. That is where you begin an analysis. Only after we have discovered the problem, do we fix, swap, replace anything. Those measurements should take only a few minutes. Reporting them numbers will take much longer. Get the meter and don't even ask why. The tool is that powerful. Problem identified that quick. slove wrote: I am building my own PC. When I try to boot it up for the first time all it does give a steady beep. It does not even get to the point where anything shows up on the monitor. What are the possible problems. Its an intel P4 3.4 MHZ CPU on an Elitegroup 848p-A motherboard. |
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