Gigabyte GA-EP43-UD3L gives continuous beep

[dms58]

I sent this e-mail to Gigabyte and have not received a response after 3 days. Thought maybe someone here might be able to help:

I installed a new motherboard/CPU combo. Now when the computer starts up, I get one long, continuous, never-ending bios beep. I have since changed power supply, memory, DVD writer, and graphics card with no change. There is a constant tone at all times. The computer starts, Windows XP runs, I can use software and access the internet, but the tone will not go away.

I have no other ideas on what could be causing the continuous beep.

Thanks


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Model Name : GA-EP43-UD3L(rev. 1.0)
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M/B Rev : 1.1
BIOS Ver : F6
Serial No. : 9GB066 00760
Purchase Dealer : Fry's
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VGA Brand : ATi Model : HD4350
CPU Brand : Intel Model : Q8400 Speed : 2.66
Operation System : Win XP SP : 2
Memory Brand : OCZ Type : DDRII
Memory Size : 2x2GB Speed : 2.67
Power Supply : Thermaltake 430W
HD: Maxtor 160Gb SATA Model : 6L160MO

 

[Hey Zeus]

Memory Error. Reinstall your memory

 

[dms58]

I bought 2 sticks of OCZ 2GB DDR2 PC6400 RAM. One of them seemed to be bad so I returned them for 2 new ones. I have swapped them from slots 1&3 to slots 2&4 and none of this has helped. The computer is running (though I need to wear ear plugs) and the SYSTEM screen on windows XP shows 3.5GB of memory running at 2.67ghz.

 

[ManBOOYA]

check your pc speaker maybe you plugged it in backwards

 

[dms58]

Thanks for the replies!!

I've tried the speaker connection as well. No help.

This one really baffles me. Everything that I've read about a continuous beep indicates a severe hardware problem where the computer WON"T RUN. My computer runs fine but the beep won't go away.

 

[Zap]

Perhaps one of the BIOS monitors is detecting an error. Go into BIOS in the "PC Heath" area to see if it reports something. Is your CPU fan not plugged into the CPU header? Are RPMs running too low? Temperature threshold set too low? Some voltage detecting too low or high?

 

[dms58]

Zap,

Thank You for leading me to the cause of the problem. I had previously looked through the BIOS with the case open. In the PC Health section it was showing "case open" when it was actually closed. Disabling this function solved the problem!

I appreciate all the responses to my post. Now can you fix my wireless router??

Just kidding. Thanks again.

 

[Zap]

Now can you fix my wireless router??

Sure, lemme just snap my fingers.

*SNAP*

Does it work now? ^_^

BTW, welcome to Anandtech Forums, and feel free to stick around.

(As an aside, an impatient friend once called me on the phone while I was at work, asking me to talk him through fixing his wireless router because it wasn't working. I told him the same thing, that I would snap my fingers to fix it magically. I was being sarcastic with him because I was pretty busy at work and would have helped him out after work, but to our suprise it started working. I think the router was just taking its time restarting. and he called me when it didn't work immediately. Just one of those things that makes your day.)