NO Bios display and no beeps!!!

[liv2die4me]

Hey guys,

Just got a new motherboard with new ram and video card. The motherboard is a Gigabyte 7nf-rz and its unable to boot. As soon as I try to power up, is make an unfamiliar beeping noise, sought of a fire truck siren noise and then powers down. It last maybe 2-3 seconds. I change the RAM two times and also the video card.

The three types of RAM ive tried is rosewill DDR3200, PNY 2700 & kingston 2100.

video cards were a gforce 4 and a fx5200

I was wondering if anyone has any suggestions as to what could be the problem.


Let me know

thanks

 

[helpmeout]

Not familiar with your mobo or its warnings, but it could be an overheating problem. What CPU are you using, and what type of heatsink? Did you apply a thermal compound according to the manufacturers instructions, and also is the CPU fan working?

 

[liv2die4me]

The CPU is a AMD 2400XP which was in teh previous moptherboard. All i did was move everything over. fan works until it powers down.

 

[mechBgon]

1) check your work against the third and fourth photos on this page

2) you need a fresh application of thermal grease to the CPU core each time you install the heatsink. If it had one of those one-use-only thermal pads on it, scrape the used-up thermal pad off first.

 

[liv2die4me]

Well, now I fixed one problem, there is another. I dont get the Post beep and no video. The system stays on but thats it. No VIDEO NO BEEP!!!

Any other suggestions???

 

[mechBgon]

Yes, get in a time machine and go back about one day and stop yourself from repeatedly overheating your poor CPU

Ok ok Go through my no-POST list here (the top link on the page) one thing at a time.

 

[helpmeout]

What OS do you have on the computer? Are you trying to use the same hard drive and OS install that you were using with the old motherboard? It sounds like it since the comp wasn't staying powered on before. Recommend you reformat and reinstall windows. Moving a hard drive to a new mobo rarely works. Set your boot order in the BIOS to boot from CD, boot from your XP CD, format, and reinstall.

 

[helpmeout]

Well, now I'm lost. Did you fix the overheating problem, or not?

 

[imported_Phil]

Originally posted by: helpmeout
What OS do you have on the computer? Are you trying to use the same hard drive and OS install that you were using with the old motherboard? It sounds like it since the comp wasn't staying powered on before. Recommend you reformat and reinstall windows. Moving a hard drive to a new mobo rarely works. Set your boot order in the BIOS to boot from CD, boot from your XP CD, format, and reinstall.

Sorry, but that's completely pointless advice if the machine won't POST.

liv2die4me: Did you look in the motherboard manual to find out what that beep code means?

 

[liv2die4me]

I will try togay and test out teh CPU, RAM, and VIDEO card on another computer just to be sure parts are not defective.

To Mechbgon: THANKS FOR YOUR ADVICE. It been great advice. I will follow your steps after checking the parts. One other question, What if I dont have any more compound, is there something I can use as a temporary alternate?

To helmeout: Teh harddrive is already formatted, as i did it before moving it over to the other motherboard. The beeps are gone from moving the heatsink in the right direction. Now only no beeps, no display as system powers on and stays on. Also thanks!

To Dopefiend: Manual said nothing. I hope ther is nothing wrong to either the CPU and or Motherboard.
Thanks!


Thanks alot guys and I hope to have some info, hopefully good news, in a couple of hours!

 

[helpmeout]

Dopefiend, in my post re HD, I was thinking back about a year and a half ago when I put an old hard drive in my Dell 4600. Thought it was formatted, but it turned out it still had 98SE on it. It didn't post until I put the original drive back in. There may have been another problem, but I never found it.

 

[imported_Phil]

Originally posted by: helpmeout
Dopefiend, in my post re HD, I was thinking back about a year and a half ago when I put an old hard drive in my Dell 4600. Thought it was formatted, but it turned out it still had 98SE on it. It didn't post until I put the original drive back in. There may have been another problem, but I never found it.

Then it would have been a Dell HD misconfiguration issue. A hard disk will not stop a motherboard from POSTing completely. At worst, it'll simply show that there isn't a hard disk attached.

Plus, you advised him to format & reinstall - impossible if it's not POSTing in the first place.

 

[liv2die4me]

Alright guys I think I found the problem. I believe its teh CPU. I put everything back into the orginal system. old motherboard, same cpu and ram and video card. This configuration used to work before moving over teh CPU. It does the same thing. NO beep and no display. It seems like its getting power but thats it. I can leave just teh CPU in and same thing so it doesnt matter if I put ram, video, etc.

I will continue to test before doing anything else but let me know what you think. This sux!

 

[liv2die4me]

I have tested a different power supply.....same thing!

I am alittle skeptical if it is teh CPU because I have dealt with a bad CPU before and it just wouldnt turn on at all. This time it powers up but no response. I have ran out of ideas though. Tried it in Two different systems, video cards, ram, power supplies, cases.

 

[imported_Phil]

Try this- leave the CPU in, attach the heatsink, but don't plug the fan in.
Turn the machine on, and use the back of your hand as a guide to see if the heatsink is warming up.
If you can feel a definite warmth then the CPU may be okay. If it's stone cold after a few minutes then it's dead.

[Edit] I forgot to mention; sometimes if the CPU is dead the board will still power up, and beep frantically at you to tell you that it is in fact, dead.

 

[liv2die4me]

Alright! I got a new Processor and its working. I will continue to test teh other CPU before contacting AMD.

Thanks everyone for helping!