hello all, hope someone can help me out i am in a real fix! (again, only this time it involves computers)

I have just built a system with a friend, only the third computer i have ever put together and all was going ok until it came to the 'big boot'.

When i turn her on all the fans are spinning ok, everything including the HD. And the dvd drive seems to work as it opens and closes but the monitor remains off and the comp beeps at me three times, this is all it will do repeatedly, just beep three times then a small break then beep three times again.

im using an Asus SLI 8LN premium with a Athlon FX 3800 dualcore, geforce6800 and 1gb ram.

anyone got any ideas or can limit it down to specific components that can cause this problem?!?! i have no means of testing as have no spare components!


thanks in advance

shinners

QUOTE(ShinPad @ Jan 10 2006, 03:54 PM)hello all, hope someone can help me out i am in a real fix! (again, only this time it involves computers)

I have just built a system with a friend, only the third computer i have ever put together and all was going ok until it came to the 'big boot'.

When i turn her on all the fans are spinning ok, everything including the HD. And the dvd drive seems to work as it opens and closes but the monitor remains off and the comp beeps at me three times, this is all it will do repeatedly, just beep three times then a small break then beep three times again.

im using an Asus SLI 8LN premium with a Athlon FX 3800 dualcore, geforce6800 and 1gb ram.

anyone got any ideas or can limit it down to specific components that can cause this problem?!?! i have no means of testing as have no spare components!
thanks in advance

shinners
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Thats what i get when there is no video card or it is screwed up. So it is probaby the video card.

is the vid card in the top/primary PCIe slot?

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Graphics or RAM, I'd say. Tried removing 1 stick of RAM and testing them separately?

QUOTE(TheReturnOfAZ @ Jan 10 2006, 03:39 PM)is the vid card in the top/primary PCIe slot?
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yes it is unfortunately, wish that was the solution. the fan on the card spins as well but maybe it is a faulty video card?

is there anyway it could be the processor or the ram?

cheers for your help guys

it could be the ram but its 1gb stick so i can not test it also was very cheap considering it is ddr400 pc3200 so it could be faulty or perhaps incompatible?

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products...Info...ProductID=97647' ">http://www.scan.co.uk/Products...asp?WebProductID=97647

that is the badboy my friend bought

Do you know what chips it uses? If we can find some kind of compatibility list it'd be helpful.

QUOTE(ninjastyle @ Jan 10 2006, 04:20 PM)Do you know what chips it uses? If we can find some kind of compatibility list it'd be helpful.
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its using the AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core 3800 + S939 512K (2.0)

I mean the memory chips.

QUOTE(ninjastyle @ Jan 10 2006, 05:29 PM)I mean the memory chips.
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I am sorry for your plight but that was funny!

Listen, I couldnt tell from the link as to who the manufacteur of the ram is, it may be a faulty stick.

For you mobo your manual does not include a listing of the beep codes?

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oh well, just showing my ignorance in computer matters /biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' />

the ram doesn't have a brand, its just advertised as cheap budget ram, or as the sites own brand ram (sacn computers)

Do you have any friends who'd be willing to let you test parts in their computer's, or allow you to borrow a stick of RAM?

QUOTE(ninjastyle @ Jan 10 2006, 04:45 PM)Do you have any friends who'd be willing to let you test parts in their computer's, or allow you to borrow a stick of RAM?
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well i have ddr400 registered in my socket 940 machine but i don't think i can use that so will ask around and see what i can do.

QUOTE(ShinPad @ Jan 10 2006, 06:33 PM)well i have ddr400 registered in my socket 940 machine but i don't think i can use that so will ask around and see what i can do.
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Why not?

Take a look into the manual for the beep codes. That will narrow it down greatly!

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QUOTE(ShinPad @ Jan 10 2006, 06:33 PM)well i have ddr400 registered in my socket 940 machine but i don't think i can use that so will ask around and see what i can do.
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Registered memory can work with any cpu but nonregistered cannot work because fx-51 requires registered. So why again you cant use it?

QUOTE(Lee13169 @ Jan 10 2006, 07:20 PM)Registered memory can work with any cpu but nonregistered cannot work because fx-51 requires registered. So why again you cant use it?
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ok i will give that a shot, got to transport the ram from my office today though. the problem with the beep codes is the bloody manual says 'please refer to the beep code list below to found out whats wrong' and there is nothing there! no beep code list at all, i have searched the whole book and looked on the internet and can not find one.

but will resume the search today, thanks guys.

well it looks like the video card is the error, according to nearly all beep code lists even though i don't know which one is specifically for the motherboard.

so getting my ram and a graphics card from my machine is the priority, thanks again peeps! one last question, can anyone give me a lift to the office to get all the parts? /blink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='blink.gif' />

Can you try the video card in another system?