EPOX EP-4PEA+ strange problem

[TJHUB]

I just received my Epox EP-4PEA+ and Intel P4 2.4B processor. Since the first power up nothing good has happened. First I had a nothing but beep codes everytime I tried to boot the thing. I determined after a lot of testing that the board must not like my Micron PC2100 ECC 256mb memory. As it turns out I was correct. No ECC for this MB. I purchased a PC2700 stick and now it will boot...once. If I reboot in any way once the thing is running I get 3 short beeps and no video. The computer seems to access the drives and possibly completes its boot (no video, so I can't tell for sure). The only way to get the thing to boot is to clear the bios with the on board jumper. Then it will boot, but just the one time. At this point I have tried everything that I know of. Now I suspect the video card compatability as I found out that the 3 short beeps I am getting now are an indication of a video problem (obviously). This is starting to drive me crazy.

Here's the system:

Intel P4 2.4B Retail
Epox EP-4PEA+
Apacer PC2700 Cas 2.5 256mb
ATI Radeon All In Wonder 8500DV 64mb
3.5" floppy
330w Enermax PS

(nothing else is currently hooked up)

Anyone know what I should be sending back to NEWEGG?

Thanks in advance.

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[wizdum]

look at the beep codes for you motherboard.. that will tell you what is going wrong. you can find them in either the manual, epox website, or on the internet.

 

[TJHUB]

I did that. The beep codes for Award Bios are not very descriptive. I already know that the 3 short beeps mean that there is a video problem. My issue is why do I have to clear the bios every time I try to boot a second time. Even if I don't change anything. Clear CMOS, boot (ok), boot again (beep code and no display). What's up with that?

 

[XMan]

Does that board have a POST code readout?

 

[TJHUB]

Yup. Runs through all checks and reads "FF". Means all is good! I just get the 3 short beeps and a monitor that is in sleep mode. The rest of the system sounds like it completes the boot up.