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first build.. problem
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Abit NF7 Motherboard AMD Athlong XP2600+ 512mb Crucial DDR333 memory sony cdrw/dvd combo drive alps floppy maxtor hdd (un formatted was going to do it in XP setup has no files on but has been used as a secondary) GAINWARD geforce fx5200 256 agp graphics card the board has no onboard video everything goes together apart from a it of hassle getting the heatsink in and fan in the right way and a problem with the back plate on the case everything has gone together good but.... when i come to turn on the power... something just beeeps then stops... then beeps again i think it might be the maxtor hard drive but am not sure. the case a few cables loose which i didn't know where to put them they have GROUND and +D on them they are all single little black pin connecter bundled together... the abit manual never said anything about them so i guess i should leave em out! anyone tell me whats up... maybe i should clear the CMOS.. im new to this its the first time i have had the time and money to go out and try it... could the board be DOA? the LED's towards the back are lighting up on the board so i dont think it could be that? I had to put a fair bit of force onto the heatsink when i was installing it.. maybe that did something to the processor? anyone.. please help! |
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anyone.. please help! oh and i have tried to open the CD drive (to insert abit disk) when the computer is on and beeping away but nothing happens? |
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anyone.. please help!
ah sorry for adding to this but the fan does spin when i turn the computer on... nothing happens nothing on monitor ust the front LED's come on and the system beeps, then stops then beeps once again and stays in that loop for a while!! help i dont wanna have wasted my money |
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Christo wrote:
anyone.. please help! ah sorry for adding to this but the fan does spin when i turn the computer on... nothing happens nothing on monitor ust the front LED's come on and the system beeps, then stops then beeps once again and stays in that loop for a while!! help i dont wanna have wasted my money Look at the beep codes on this page and determine which error code you are hearing: http://bioscentral.com/beepcodes/awardbeep.htm |
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"ICee" wrote in message ... Christo wrote: anyone.. please help! ah sorry for adding to this but the fan does spin when i turn the computer on... nothing happens nothing on monitor ust the front LED's come on and the system beeps, then stops then beeps once again and stays in that loop for a while!! help i dont wanna have wasted my money Look at the beep codes on this page and determine which error code you are hearing: http://bioscentral.com/beepcodes/awardbeep.htm it appears to be repeating beeps, and according to that page it is memory. on the board there are 3 memory banks, two of which are a kind of purple colour and one which is a dark blue... i had my memory inserted into the dark blue slot... is this different from the other two? |
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Christo wrote:
"ICee" wrote in message ... Christo wrote: anyone.. please help! ah sorry for adding to this but the fan does spin when i turn the computer on... nothing happens nothing on monitor ust the front LED's come on and the system beeps, then stops then beeps once again and stays in that loop for a while!! help i dont wanna have wasted my money Look at the beep codes on this page and determine which error code you are hearing: http://bioscentral.com/beepcodes/awardbeep.htm it appears to be repeating beeps, and according to that page it is memory. on the board there are 3 memory banks, two of which are a kind of purple colour and one which is a dark blue... i had my memory inserted into the dark blue slot... is this different from the other two? Memory slots 1 and 2 are channel one of the memory controller, slot 3 is the second channel, so if you have two modules, you can run in dual channel. The two slots close to each other are one channel, the slot further away (and different color, apparently), is the other channel and is slot 3 (numbered from closest to CPU to furthest). With only one memory module, it is recommended that it be in slot 3, but try the other slots, it should work in any slot. If not, it could be you have a bad module. If changing slots doesn't help, unplug the power, then remove the BIOS battery, or short the reset pins. Wait a few minutes, then replace the battery, or put the jumper back to normal, plug the system in and see what happens. If you still have the problem, the best thing would be to try another memory module. |
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"ICee" wrote in message ... Christo wrote: "ICee" wrote in message ... Christo wrote: anyone.. please help! ah sorry for adding to this but the fan does spin when i turn the computer on... nothing happens nothing on monitor ust the front LED's come on and the system beeps, then stops then beeps once again and stays in that loop for a while!! help i dont wanna have wasted my money Look at the beep codes on this page and determine which error code you are hearing: http://bioscentral.com/beepcodes/awardbeep.htm it appears to be repeating beeps, and according to that page it is memory. on the board there are 3 memory banks, two of which are a kind of purple colour and one which is a dark blue... i had my memory inserted into the dark blue slot... is this different from the other two? Memory slots 1 and 2 are channel one of the memory controller, slot 3 is the second channel, so if you have two modules, you can run in dual channel. The two slots close to each other are one channel, the slot further away (and different color, apparently), is the other channel and is slot 3 (numbered from closest to CPU to furthest). With only one memory module, it is recommended that it be in slot 3, but try the other slots, it should work in any slot. If not, it could be you have a bad module. If changing slots doesn't help, unplug the power, then remove the BIOS battery, or short the reset pins. Wait a few minutes, then replace the battery, or put the jumper back to normal, plug the system in and see what happens. If you still have the problem, the best thing would be to try another memory module. i have it working thanks for your help... i had my memory in channel 2 as you describe it and channel one where the two slots were i had empty.. i changed my memory into channel 1 and now it boots fine into the BIOS thanks again chris |
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aha i knew it wouldn't be clean sailing, I have went into the bios and set
the cd-rw/dvd combo drive as primary boot device.. it boots and as usual displays "booting from ATAPI CD-ROM:" i open the drive while the system is in post and put the windows disk in the drive (it isnt original mind) and when it boots from cd-rom nothing happens... it goes on to say NTDLR missing press alt+ctrl+del to restart the other thing is my drive wont open after it finishes booting from the cd-rom and apprantly finds nothing there.. the only time it will open is when the geforece fx5200 graphics card bios are displayed on screen and then it goes into post etc etc. whats up.. is it a dud cd-rw/dvd drive.. it can still act as a cd-rom as i have done it with combo drives before... and the BIOS are picking it up fine when i check in the boot sequence there? anyone? |
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Christo wrote:
"ICee" wrote in message ... Christo wrote: "ICee" wrote in message ... Christo wrote: anyone.. please help! ah sorry for adding to this but the fan does spin when i turn the computer on... nothing happens nothing on monitor ust the front LED's come on and the system beeps, then stops then beeps once again and stays in that loop for a while!! help i dont wanna have wasted my money Look at the beep codes on this page and determine which error code you are hearing: http://bioscentral.com/beepcodes/awardbeep.htm it appears to be repeating beeps, and according to that page it is memory. on the board there are 3 memory banks, two of which are a kind of purple colour and one which is a dark blue... i had my memory inserted into the dark blue slot... is this different from the other two? Memory slots 1 and 2 are channel one of the memory controller, slot 3 is the second channel, so if you have two modules, you can run in dual channel. The two slots close to each other are one channel, the slot further away (and different color, apparently), is the other channel and is slot 3 (numbered from closest to CPU to furthest). With only one memory module, it is recommended that it be in slot 3, but try the other slots, it should work in any slot. If not, it could be you have a bad module. If changing slots doesn't help, unplug the power, then remove the BIOS battery, or short the reset pins. Wait a few minutes, then replace the battery, or put the jumper back to normal, plug the system in and see what happens. If you still have the problem, the best thing would be to try another memory module. i have it working thanks for your help... i had my memory in channel 2 as you describe it and channel one where the two slots were i had empty.. i changed my memory into channel 1 and now it boots fine into the BIOS thanks again chris You're welcome. Glad you got it going. |
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Christo wrote:
aha i knew it wouldn't be clean sailing, I have went into the bios and set the cd-rw/dvd combo drive as primary boot device.. it boots and as usual displays "booting from ATAPI CD-ROM:" i open the drive while the system is in post and put the windows disk in the drive (it isnt original mind) and when it boots from cd-rom nothing happens... it goes on to say NTDLR missing press alt+ctrl+del to restart the other thing is my drive wont open after it finishes booting from the cd-rom and apprantly finds nothing there.. the only time it will open is when the geforece fx5200 graphics card bios are displayed on screen and then it goes into post etc etc. whats up.. is it a dud cd-rw/dvd drive.. it can still act as a cd-rom as i have done it with combo drives before... and the BIOS are picking it up fine when i check in the boot sequence there? anyone? I believe the CD has to be in the drive when you boot up. Are you hitting the space key to boot from the CD? The error you're getting is one that comes up with a drive that already has the OS on it. |
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