Computer will not boot just beeps and mobo. [beeps] [cmos]
Q: I have similar problems the last few weeks, I once swapped the vid card and flashing the cmos that problem solved, and the second time it seemed that one of my ram sticks did not work so I took it out.
Now, I got the stick from crucial.com replacement. It was a slightly different model as my other stick, but I put it in anyways. Windows still has 256MB of RAM, but after I reboot, I could not start the comp again. I tried swapping out each stick, it will flash the CMOS (the 3-pin jumper beside the battery) and every time I boot I get a beeep . . . beeep . beeep. Reminds me that my mobo is fried my ram somehow ruin in reading my ram.
Any help would be appreciated.
Re:Try putting the stick of ram in that has the lowest timings, clearing the CMOS, and then starting up the computer and setting the ram to loose timings. Then put the other stick in and tighten them to settings that make them work together.
Re:Originally posted by: guy
austel 300 w psu
abit kg7
crucial ram 256mb
30 gig 7200 hd western digital i think
cheap netgear nic
sony sound card 5.1
hope this is enuff info 
That's pretty good 
The KG7 is an older board, and it might be from that period of time when there were bad-quality capacitors on the market. Look carefully at the capacitors on the motherboard to see if any of them are bulging like Canned Food Gone Bad or actually leaking electrolytic fluid.
Also, if the power supply is as old as the motherboard, it might be failing too. If you want to take a calculated risk, pick up a new 400W+ Antec or Enermax and that should be good for a couple years in the wattage department. Just don't get a cheap junky PSU, make it a quality one.
"Flashing" the BIOS means completely replacing it using a DOS-mode software utility. What you do when you move that jumper is to "clear" the CMOS, and it should be done while the computer is unplugged from the wall. Sometimes you even need to remove the battery as well. If you weren't taking those additional steps before, try them now.
Sometimes motherboards do simply die, my old K7S5A did… but you could move on to a nice cheap Shuttle AN35N Ultra if your power supply has an ATX12V secondary power cable. Anyway, good luck with the troubleshooting and there's a further list of no-POST issues to check here (http://www.omnicast.net/~tmcfadden/index.html), the first link.
Re:austel 300 w psu
abit kg7
crucial ram 256mb
30 gig 7200 hd western digital i think
cheap netgear nic
sony sound card 5.1
hope this is enuff info
Re:Post complete specs including brand/model of power supply and everything else in the computer, that helps with troubleshooting
Re:I have continous beeps, infinite number of beeps.
I have an ABIT KG7, not sure what kind of bios, and I can't check now.
How do you test the memory? The thing is… the memory should be fine, unless my mobo fried both of the sticks.
Re:Here is a list of beep codes for AMI, Award, and Phoenix Bioses:
Beep Codes (http://www.amptron.com/html/bios.beepcodes.html)
Mine seems to fall under the catregory of "Bad Memory or Bad Connection" as I have an Award Bios. How would I check if my dimms, or which of my dimms, are bad or not?
Re:I'm having the same damn beep from Hell. I haven't checked my RAM yet as it may be the problem. I'll have to check that tonight.
I was saying the same thing in my thread. See my thread.See my thread. (http://{$MySite}/messageview.aspx?catid=32&threadid=1423121&enterth read=y)
Re:Well, I'm just going by POST beep standards… You said three beeps, correct? Are all three beeps short and the same length? or is one long and the others shorter/longer? Be sure to count the number of beeps and length of each beep and post back here. Would help a lot more, as well as what motherboard you have so we know what BIOS chip you have.
Re:What mobo you got?
Sounds like it c/b the beep for a ram problem.
I once managed to insert a stick of ram incorrectly (yeah, I know there's a notch thingy), my result is what you now reporting. Hope that's not the case here.
Re:no no, continuous beeps non stop. and i just bought an 9800se so I doubt that is the problem.
Re:Well, if you have 3 long beeps, that most likely means your keyboard isn't connected… If you have 1 long and 2 short, something is wrong with your video card. Your best bet is to swap your video card with a working one (a friend's or one from a working computer) since all you said was that your computer beeps 3x at POST. If the problem persists, only keep one stick of RAM in there. I'm guessing your video card is going bad. Otherwise the Crucial RAM you just bought is defective and you'll have to RMA it. If you are successful enough to get a display signal, you can download MemTest+ 86 and make a boot disk to test your RAM.
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