Can I diagnose POST w/out system speakers?

[imported_TXAggie]

Unfortunately, my new Asus A8N mobo will not post, even out of the case. I have read some of the other posts and carried out all the appropriate steps that others have tried to get this thing running. I have the Thermaltake tsunami with no system speakers? Is there another way for me to get error codes?

 

[GuitarDaddy]

Headphones might work, have any?

 

[imported_TXAggie]

Well, I tried connecting my speakers to the green output on the onboard audio. I didn't have any luck with the speakers, but I guess I could give some headphones a try. thanks for the tip.

 

[statik213]

System Speakers -- what do you mean?
You probably need sound thru the 'PC Speakers' look for pin headers on your mobo, should be with the poweer/reset switch etc... you should have some speakers on your casing that hookup to those pins...

 

[statik213]

or try this:

http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDesc.asp?description=13-998-101&depa=0

 

[imported_TXAggie]

No, the Thermaltake Tsunami doesn't have chasis speakers. Not sure why they overlooked that. Is it possible to hook up any other type of speakers or headphones to the motherboard pin headers? If not, I suppose I will have to dish out more money for a diagnostic tool such as the one you have posted.

 

[GuitarDaddy]

Starting to sound like a power supply problem.

list your components for us

 

[imported_TXAggie]

I am quite certain it is not the power supply, since I have the PC Power and Cooling Turbo-Cool 510 SLI. But who knows.
I didn't want to rehash the other Asus A8N SLI threads, I was just wondering if there was an alternative way for me to hear the POST error beeps without a chasis/system/whatever you call it speaker.

Here are the components:

ThermalTake Tsunami Series Aluminum ATX Mid-Tower Case with Clear Side, Top USB, Firewire and Audio Ports - Black

Turbo-Cool 510 SLI

Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe nVidia Socket 939 Motherboard / PCI Express / Audio / Dual Gigabit LAN / Serial ATA / Dual RAID / USB 2.0 & Firewire

AMD Athlon 64 FX-55 / 1MB / 2000Mhz FSB / Socket 939 / Processor

Zalman 7000 Cu/AlCu

Corsair TWINX Dual Channel 2048MB PC3200 DDR 400MHz Memory (2 x 1024MB)

2X WD Raptors in Raid 0

2X eVGA GF6800GT 256MB PCI EXPRESS DDR3 W/TV&DVI #256-P2-N376

SoundBlaster Audigy 2 ZS

Sony DRU-710A Double Layer DVD+/- RD/+/-R/CD

Sony CRX230AD/K / 52x24x52x CD-RW / Nero Software / CD Burner

1.44MB Floppy Disk Drive (Black)

Thanks for the feedback.

 

[Megatomic]

So your case doesn't have a case speaker in it? I always hook up my case speaker so that I can hear diagnostic beeps and such... It's weird to hear that new boxes don't come with the necessities these days.

 

[GuitarDaddy]

I agree that PS shouldn't be a problem. I don't understand why your getting no sound from the green jack?

In looking at your settup, your 1024mb ram sticks may be causing the problem. I've seen several people having posting problems with the 1024mb sticks. It seems this board doesn't always detect the proper default settings for these sticks.

I would try a couple of things.

1. Try booting with just one stick of ram

2. Try using an older stick of ram from another system, just to get it to post

Once you get it to post, go into bios and set the ddr voltage and memory timings manually to whats specifed for your ram. Then power down put both sticks in and see if it will post

 

[sxr7171]

Errors actually come out of the speaker output of the back "front speaker out" connector. Just plug in your headphones into that.

 

[imported_TXAggie]

I am getting no post error tones at all out of the green "front speaker out" connectors. I really have no clue where to go from here. I have followed all the recommendation from just about all the other Asus SLI posts (cleared CMOS, put it together outside of the case, placed only one memory DIMM in). I will probably order one of the PCI post diagnostic tools or get raped by a local computer repair shop.

 

[statik213]

Don't let yourself get raped bro