POST beeps should I RMA?

[travler]

I just purchased a new system from newegg with a shuttle AK35GTR. So far i have encountered a couple problems

I am running a fr3esh install of Win XP

1. While playing a game I get a crash with a short blue screen with error info that went too fast to read. then I had to shut down. computer wouldnt reboot And i was geting POST beeps with no video. So I went to bed.

2. Next day I turn it on and boots right up. later the same thing happens. kept geting the 3short fast beeps (maybe its counted as 1 long beep) followed by 2 short beeps (1 high 1 low pitch) I tried another video card, tried reseating stuff. tried clearing the CMOS. wouldnt POST.

AWARD is extremely vague on beep codes. If yu get a beep it means that it couldnt access video. of course not being able to access video can be caused by a MB failure, a CPU failure, a memory failure, or a video card failure.

so finaly I started switching around my ram sticks. this met with sucess. finaly booted. (the 2 256MB crucial sticks are now in the middle DIMM slots)

Win xp likes to report any crashes and its claiming its video related. I highly doubt that.

So far what I know is the CPU works, the video card works, the ram is good, the CPU works.. i suspec there is a MB problem.

Do you think i should RMA the sucker before its too late? or wait and see if I have any more wierd crashes folowed by POST failures?

 

[amdskip]

beep codes

 

[bozo1]

Those look like AMI codes to me. I don't think Awards are the same.

 

[DAPUNISHER]

what PSU are you using? hows your case and CPU temps? have you tried fail-safe bios settings? Have you tried with just 1 stick of ram and if so with each stick?

 

[travler]

<< what PSU are you using? hows your case and CPU temps? have you tried fail-safe bios settings? Have you tried with just 1 stick of ram and if so with each stick? >>



PSU is a sparkle 300W which is AMD aproved for beyond my system specs.

When It failes to POST its hard to mess with the BIOS. but I did clear CMOS

Yes switching around the ram sticks did "fix" the problem. My concern is that I dont think the system should have just spontaneously decided it didnt like my RAM seatings, and then force me to move them around. And I dont want to get stuck with a board with "issues". however Im not 100% sure that it is going to be a problem so I am looking for advice.

And yes those beep codes he linked are not valid for AWARD BIOS'. I explained what the beep code meant in the original note , but I apreciate the effort.

 

[travler]

Anyone have an Idea if this is some freak thing that probably wont happen again? are there diagnostics I can run to test the MB?

 

[soulm4tter]

i would RMA it