continuous long beeps...new rig problem

[achillies]

Hello this is my first post here

I recently built a budget pc with s754 mobo....I used it for a month and changed the new cabinet.....for this I moved all the parts frm old to new one...... while moving the mobo and video card they were applied some stress/force (due to tight screws)...now after installing everythng I hear continuous long beeps with a gap of 2-3 seconds....is it a mobo issue?

I found in some article that its Dram error code but guess its mobo one......I replaced ram/graphics card/hdd to hear the same beep......I bought the mobo in newegg openbox and cant replace it......experts plz suggest me wot to do now apart frm replacing mobo?

thanks in advance

my rig
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BIOSTAR NF325-A7 Socket 754 NVIDIA nForce3 250 ATX AMD Motherboard
AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Venice 2.2GHz 512KB L2 Cache Socket 754 Processor
3DFuzion 1GB 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Desktop Memory
Maxtor 60GB HDD 5400 rpm
Creative Labs ATI Radeon 9600XT 256MB 600Mhz DDR AGP DVI
ARCTIC COOLING ALPINE64 92mm CPU Cooler
Ultra Wizard Black Mid Tower Case
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[Zap]

Hello and welcome to the forums. Yes, long beeps are RAM errors.

Try clearing the CMOS.

Another possibility is that something may be shorting out the board in the new case thus causing it to think RAM is faulty. You would want to take everything out of the case to test it, by putting the motherboard on a cardboard box. Then, reinstall the CPU, fan/heatsink, RAM and video card. Then hook up the power supply and monitor, and try to turn it on (momentarily short the power pins to each other). If it works, then double check the motherboard standoffs in the case.

If it doesn't work, then either board or RAM failed. Next step is to try borrowing some RAM from someone. If it works, then your RAM failed. If not, possibly motherboard. Biostar will fix out of warranty motherboards for $30 (plus the cost to ship the board to them). If it comes down to the board, you may be better off buying another Open Box or a used one. Newegg had Open Box boards like yours (BIOSTAR NF325-A7) for $19 plus shipping recently, which makes it cheaper than paying Biostar to fix it.

 

[Fullmetal Chocobo]

I was having this issue with my P5N32-E SLI Plus. The board wouldn't POST, and it would do this constant beep when the memory was configured in dual channel. I could change the memory to be in single channel mode, and the machine would boot up, but it absolutely would not post in dual channel mode. After talking with tech reps, the board was decided to have a bad memory controller, and the motherboard was RMA'd. The replacement gets here today, actually....

 

[achillies]

Originally posted by: Zap
Hello and welcome to the forums. Yes, long beeps are RAM errors.

Try clearing the CMOS.

Another possibility is that something may be shorting out the board in the new case thus causing it to think RAM is faulty. You would want to take everything out of the case to test it, by putting the motherboard on a cardboard box. Then, reinstall the CPU, fan/heatsink, RAM and video card. Then hook up the power supply and monitor, and try to turn it on (momentarily short the power pins to each other). If it works, then double check the motherboard standoffs in the case.

If it doesn't work, then either board or RAM failed. Next step is to try borrowing some RAM from someone. If it works, then your RAM failed. If not, possibly motherboard. Biostar will fix out of warranty motherboards for $30 (plus the cost to ship the board to them). If it comes down to the board, you may be better off buying another Open Box or a used one. Newegg had Open Box boards like yours (BIOSTAR NF325-A7) for $19 plus shipping recently, which makes it cheaper than paying Biostar to fix it.

Thanks Zap for replying

Did exactly wot u said......also I removed the heatsink damn the thermalpaste fails and proccy struck to heatsink....i rotated the cpu to remove.....now I replaced evrythng and powered on....strangely it doesnt make beeps now.....but still prob not solved....Biostar screen comes and stays thats it nth more happens.....so whats this new prob now?
I reset the cmos and tried no luck.....is it HDD prob?

 

[lyssword]

yes it's hdd problem, because you should use the sysprep utility when changing parts, for win xp to work. If you replace all the parts your comp won't work. Solution is to use sysprep utility from microsoft or do a clean install. Of course there may be other problems