Building a new system, having problems**HELP**

JackFM

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500 watt PSU
Gigabtye GA-G41M-ES2l
Crucial 2GB DDR2 800 memory ( 2 x 1GB sticks )
Intel Core 2 Quad 2.66 Q9400
Hitachi CD-RW/DVD combo (sata )

Here's the deal, I just have the CD/DVD drive connect the motherboard.
It will boot, beep once, when the system info screen pops up and it starts detecting the drives, it will start beep continously, then go into BIOS.
I have cleared the CMOS, tried using one stick of memory (tried both seperatley. All the voltages match in the PC Heatlh in the BIOS

I have contacted Gigabtye and they keep insisting I don't have my memory voltage set right in the BIOS when in fact it is. Giving me the running around. I'm tired of this BS and I can't seem to find anyone that can tell me whats going on. I'm currently using my laptop to search for answers. Been waiting for weeks for responses and getting no where and I need this system up and running.

Contact me at my email: fonzarlli@gmail.com
 
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JackFM

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Wow! No takers on this problem...hmmm
If its in the wrong section, I'm sorry, could the administrator please move it to the correct thread?
 
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MagnusTheBrewer

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Start with the basics. A minimal install outside the box with just GPU and one stick of ram. Check your manual to make sure the one stick of ram is in the right slot for that configuration.

Check your case connectors to make sure they are oriented properly to pin one. Do not assume the cable labels indicate correct orientation. If it boots, add one drive and reboot. If no joy, try another stick of ram.

The idea is simple to keep adding one component at a time and rebooting to find what's giving you the problem.
 

JackFM

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Maybe I should be more clear....
It doesn't matter if a device is connected to the motherboard or not, it will boot, (beep once) then go right into BIOS (understand)
If I have just memory to the board it will beep once, then go into BIOS
IF I connect CD/DVD, it'll beep once then go into BIOS
It goes no further than that. period.
So what is it? CPU or motherboard?
Tried two different motherboards---same results.
 

wwswimming

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Maybe I should be more clear....
It doesn't matter if a device is connected to the motherboard or not, it will boot, (beep once) then go right into BIOS (understand)
If I have just memory to the board it will beep once, then go into BIOS
IF I connect CD/DVD, it'll beep once then go into BIOS
It goes no further than that. period.
So what is it? CPU or motherboard?
Tried two different motherboards---same results.

this sounds like it's pointing to the CPU.

have you used the same power supply in all the test set-ups ?

there is no secret, just have to swap out components in the faulty system for Known Good Working components.

i would grab a multimeter ($20 at Radio Shack) and also measure line voltages on the power supply (you might have to clip the probe to a small wire so it'll fit).

also, the motherboard batteries are worth checking the voltages on in this situation.
 

mlc

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if you are saying you receive a single short beep.. (non repeating), then that's usually indicative of a normal post.. but the fact that it goes back into the bios would seem to indicate some sort of issue with the board itself...

You already mentioned that you cleared the CMOS.. so I would try to reload the bios if you can... from the original CD packaged with the board... or better yet.. try to get a more recent bios if available...

One other thing. I would try first.. . Assuming you really did pull all of the components off the board as suggested.. (including the HDD, DVD/CD, soundcards, etc... and USB connections...).. then try a different keyboard. . .if you have one lying around.. as they've have been known to cause some strange problems ...

Hope this helps...
Mike
 

JackFM

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Thanks all for your response, some of the things I have already tried.
The whole thing is new, board, cpu, memory, PSU, CD-RW/DVD.
Someone brought to my attention that it may possible be a cpu problem, that its having an issue with the G41 chipset for some unknown reason.
There's no way to flash the bios because you can't even use the CD drive because all it does it detects it, then goes into BIOS, there is no " insert disk and press any key' message, same thing with a HDD, detects it, the goes into BIOS, no ' o/s not found' message. And for the keyboard, don't think anything is wrong with it, cuz I can navigate with it in the bios.
 

ekoostik

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It's possible that the keyboard could work fine inside the BIOS, but something about it, or another plugged-in item, could be forcing you into BIOS. To narrow down the problem try all of the suggestions people have made. If you haven't booted without the keyboard, mouse, and any other peripherals installed, do that first. Unplug the keyboard, the mouse, make sure there's no USB or other devices plugged in.

If that fails, the most basic setup to try would be motherboard, outside the case, with 1 stick of RAM, the CPU, it's heatsink fan, and the monitor. No keyboard, no mouse, no USB devices, no case headers, no audio headers etc. You may find us repeating advice but it's not entirely clear what you've tried at this point.
 

ekoostik

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Also, you do not need your CD/DVD drive to update the BIOS. I'd like to hear reports on basic testing as mentioned by myself and others previously. Also, selecting "Load Fail-Safe Defaults" from the BIOS and testing with no peripherals plugged in.

But if that fails, you can download the latest BIOS from the link http://www.gigabyte.us/Support/Motherboard/BIOS_Model.aspx?ProductID=3022 - there's one dated earlier this month (F6 on 11/4/09).

Instructions begin on page 64 of your manual. Use Qflash. Do NOT use @BIOS. (Okay, that you can't do without an OS loaded anyway, so just a word of warning for the guture. @BIOS can brick your board.) To use Qflash, download the latest motherboard file on a working computer. Double-click the file to execute it and unzip the contents of the file. Put those contents on a USB drive. (The USB stick must use FAT32/16/12 file system, but most do.) Then put that stick into your broken computer, boot up, let it get into BIOS. From there, press F8 to enter Qflash. Find your drive and the files, the USB drive maybe incorrectly/misleadingly labelled HDD.
 

JackFM

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mic -- you are the winner....cultrip was the keyboard!!!!!
Right now I have it partioning the new sata 80GB hdd.
But I have a question I want to clone my IDE HDD to the 80GB SATA HDD
I switched motherboards to the ASUS P5QPL-AM board and it only has 1 IDE connector on the motherboard. I tried to see it boot from that drive only and it won't do it. So whats the proper way to get this thing to work, I changed the setting in the bios to the compatible setting, PATA, SATA.
 

JackFM

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**UPDATE** Got new system up and running, in fact I'm using it right now to post this message! Great work guys and thanks, can't believe the keyboard fooled me...lol
Now I got an extra motherboard, I have another case for it anyways, think I'll build that one too and have a backup or maybe a server....

Again, thanks all! I'll be back.....