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G8-K8NS Beep Codes -- No Boot!
I just upgraded an old box with a G8-K8NS-939 mobo, Athlon 64 CPU, and 2 512MB
DDR 400 DIMMS. When I power up nothing happens at all except a series of beeps, apparently continous (I only left it powered up for ten seconds or so). These are long beeps separated by, say, two seconds. The manual says this is a DRAM problem for an Award BIOS. I tried using only one stick and still get the same beep codes. It's hard for me to believe that both sticks are bad (the RAM is pqi Power Series 184-Pin 512MB DDR PC-3200). Any suggestions/tips/advice? Thanks for any help!!!! |
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"Ed Kemper" wrote in message ... I just upgraded an old box with a G8-K8NS-939 mobo, Athlon 64 CPU, and 2 512MB DDR 400 DIMMS. When I power up nothing happens at all except a series of beeps, apparently continous (I only left it powered up for ten seconds or so). These are long beeps separated by, say, two seconds. The manual says this is a DRAM problem for an Award BIOS. I tried using only one stick and still get the same beep codes. It's hard for me to believe that both sticks are bad (the RAM is pqi Power Series 184-Pin 512MB DDR PC-3200). Any suggestions/tips/advice? Thanks for any help!!!! Hmmmm! Do you have any older slower RAM you can use to get into the BIOS? I wonder if the bus speed is wrong. |
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I just upgraded an old box with a G8-K8NS-939 mobo, Athlon 64 CPU, and 2 512MB DDR 400 DIMMS. When I power up nothing happens at all except a series of beeps, apparently continous (I only left it powered up for ten seconds or so). These are long beeps separated by, say, two seconds. The manual says this is a DRAM problem for an Award BIOS. I tried using only one stick and still get the same beep codes. It's hard for me to believe that both sticks are bad (the RAM is pqi Power Series 184-Pin 512MB DDR PC-3200). Any suggestions/tips/advice? Thanks for any help!!!! Hmmmm! Do you have any older slower RAM you can use to get into the BIOS? I wonder if the bus speed is wrong. I tried two 512MB PC2700 sticks -- same beep code. Tried the PC3200 in my Abit NF7S board -- worked fine. Called Gigabyte, they said to try some Kingston memory that was recommended for the K8NS Ultra 939 board -- same beep code. Some folks that got no beep codes at all were able to flash the bios and get it to recognize the Athlon 64 939 chip, but if the RAM isn't being recognized I can't do that, can I? I'm quite frustrated. I can get an RMA but if the board is this picky why should I expect another to work (or, more likely, this one with a new serial number stuck on it). |
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I'm running pc32oo in mine and it's working fine cept for a sp2 install
issue. "Ed Kemper" wrote in message ... I just upgraded an old box with a G8-K8NS-939 mobo, Athlon 64 CPU, and 2 512MB DDR 400 DIMMS. When I power up nothing happens at all except a series of beeps, apparently continous (I only left it powered up for ten seconds or so). These are long beeps separated by, say, two seconds. The manual says this is a DRAM problem for an Award BIOS. I tried using only one stick and still get the same beep codes. It's hard for me to believe that both sticks are bad (the RAM is pqi Power Series 184-Pin 512MB DDR PC-3200). Any suggestions/tips/advice? Thanks for any help!!!! |
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Ed Kemper wrote:
I just upgraded an old box with a G8-K8NS-939 mobo, Athlon 64 CPU, and 2 512MB DDR 400 DIMMS. When I power up nothing happens at all except a series of beeps, apparently continous (I only left it powered up for ten seconds or so). These are long beeps separated by, say, two seconds. The manual says this is a DRAM problem for an Award BIOS. I tried using only one stick and still get the same beep codes. It's hard for me to believe that both sticks are bad (the RAM is pqi Power Series 184-Pin 512MB DDR PC-3200). Any suggestions/tips/advice? Thanks for any help!!!! Hmmmm! Do you have any older slower RAM you can use to get into the BIOS? I wonder if the bus speed is wrong. I tried two 512MB PC2700 sticks -- same beep code. Tried the PC3200 in my Abit NF7S board -- worked fine. Called Gigabyte, they said to try some Kingston memory that was recommended for the K8NS Ultra 939 board -- same beep code. Some folks that got no beep codes at all were able to flash the bios and get it to recognize the Athlon 64 939 chip, but if the RAM isn't being recognized I can't do that, can I? I'm quite frustrated. I can get an RMA but if the board is this picky why should I expect another to work (or, more likely, this one with a new serial number stuck on it). Odds are it's not the ram - have you tried to reset the bios via jumper? Also - try removing the motherboard from the case and running it with just the ram and the video card (as well as the cpu and heatsink). Also double check that your CPU is set in the socket correctly. Re-seat it and put your heatsink back on - the PDI is pretty darn good memory and I hate when MOBO makers say "try one of the three approved sticks of ram..blah blah blah..." One more thing is your powersupply ? is it aleast a 400 watt one? the A64's require more juice. Good luck. |
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12v power plugged in to mb?
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