5 Beeps On Startup

[icewolf461]

Hi. My PC has 5 short beeps when I turn it on. Before it was 3 short beeps but I reseated the RAM and that fixed the 3 short beeps. But now there are 5 short beeps. I've reseated the CPU and the beeps continued. (Yes the arrow thing is same as on motherboard so it fitted properly) I re-applied thermal paste and that seemed to fix it yesterday but today its beeping again. This is a brand new build less than 2 weeks old and the beeps only started a few days ago. Any help is appreicated. Thanks.

PC Specs:
GPU: EVGA GTX 650 1GB DDR5
CPU: AMD A6-6400K Richland Dual-Core 3.9GHz Black Edition (Not overclocked)
RAM: 4 GB DDR3 (1 stick)
Motherboard: ASROCK FM2A55M-VG3
PSU: ThermalTake TR2 600W
HDD: Toshiba 500 GB SATA
OS: Windows 8.1 Pro 64 Bit

 

[Fardringle]

5 beeps on an Asrock motherboard is the code for no video card. Try reseating the video card and make sure you have the external power cords attached (if your card needs them).

 

[Ketchup]

Agree with Fardringle. For me personally it is very easy to miss that 6-pin power connector on the video card when re-assembling.

If dusting and power connection do not fix the issue, take out the video card and try using the AMD graphics.

 

[icewolf461]

I reseated the video card and it still beeped. The power cord is attatched.

 

[Ketchup]

I reseated the video card and it still beeped. The power cord is attatched. I downgraded the BIOS back to the original and it seems to have fixed it. If it ain't broke, don't fix it. :l

I guess so! I usually get the latest, except for betas when they don't have anything I need. I wonder if there is something specific to your setup is doesn't like or a bad BIOS that hasn't been caught yet.

In any case GOOD JOB!

 

[icewolf461]

Sigh...it's still beeping every 2 days or so. According to ASROCK Support, they said 5 beeps is a "VGA card error." As far as I can tell, CPU errors on ASROCK boards don't give any sound at all. One person said they left it overnight, and it worked. But I did that and it still continued to beep a few days later. That's only a temporary solution.

 

[icewolf461]

http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-1679937/beeps-start-970-extreme3-6300.html

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answe...am3-beeps-connected-hdmi-dvi-port-issues.html