Long, Continous beeps- Asus P3b-f

[jmcclell]

Hi Guys,

I just received a Asus P3B-f in the mail. I placed it in the case, and plugged everything in. I turn on the power and on switch for the machine, and I am greeted with continous long beeps.

I check the RAM seating, and tried placing it in the other three slots to no avail. I also tried replacing my AGP video card with a PCI card, but I still had the same thing. I'm writing to you to see if there's anything I can do.

My other hardware is:

128mb PC100 RAM w/ ECC
Cardex Genesis ST3D 128-bit, w/4MB AGP
Samsung 8.4 gig HD, EIDE
Ricoh 7040A, EIDE
Mitsumi floppy

I checked my accessory hardware in another system, and it worked, just not with this mobo. If you need any other info, let me know! Thanks in advanced for your suggestions!

Best wishes,

Jason McClelland

BTW- if you wish to respond directly to me via e-mail, please write to
jmcclelland@netobjects.com

[Raven]

It might be the motherboard's cpu heat thermometer. I had the same problem when I first put my computer together after buying all the parts at a computer. It's the only qualm I have towards the board. After you get everything going it runs very nicely. How fast is your CPU? Pentium IIIs run pretty hot without the proper cooling. Do you have a good heatsink w/ fan? If so all you have to do is push a few dip switches on the board to force set the CPU speeds cause the board tends to recognize the correct cpu speed and heat. The swtiches are on a little blue box on the the board. It's kind of silly I know. Be sure to look in the manual to see which switches to set.

[jonathankeeping]

Assuming the speaker lead is connected correctly to the motherboard, on power up (Power On Self Test or POST) will produce beeps indicating the nature of the fault encountered. The Award BIOS (which is probably the most common) has a very simple set of POST beeps. The long beep repeated every couple of seconds indicates a RAM failure and may be caused by a number of things. First check that your SIMM/DIMMs are definitely plugged into the socket properly. (I know people who haven't done this!!!). You normaly start with the bank nearest the motherboard edge (check documentation) Make sure the spring clips at each end of the socket snap fully into the location holes. Beware of static when handling the RAM as this can cause damage. Older RAM may requre there edge connectors to be cleaned. If after these checks you still get the long tone it may be that there is afault in one of the SIMMs/DIMMs. You can test this by subsitution. DIMMs will work individualy so enter one at a time to see what one is at fault. Note, some older motherboards have all sorts of restrictions on one combinations of memory modules may be used where parity or non parity etc... Lastly, although unlikely, it may be that a power supply problem or the motherbord fault is producing the systems of a memory failure.

[jmcclell]

Hi Guys,

Thanks for taking the time to respond to my question!

Here's some more weird info:

I took that ram and installed it in another machine that used an Intel Seattle mobo, worked fine. I took the ram from that other machine and installed it in mine, worked fine. Both sticks are 128m PC100 w/ ECC, 7ns. The only difference is the brand.
Either Asus is brand picky, or my PC100 ram isn't really complaint, and the Seattle isn't as picky. Any thoughts?

Thanks!

Jason McClelland

[Underclocked]

I think sometimes just some near-invisible particles may interfere with ram/card seating enough to cause problems. I've seen similar behavior and never found the cause even though the pc would start working. Just be happy! /forum/smile.gif

[easylips]

Make sure ECC option is checked in BIOS.

[socalgal]

Hope this helps - it's a Beep Code list:

http://www.randomc.com/~dperr/beepcode.htm