Problem with new Setup (A8N-E)

[MJGunn]

Just setup my new computer. Put everything together, hit the power button......and nothing. The computer just sits there blasting a long "beep" every 3-4 seconds. Anyone have any ideas whats wrong (asus's support site is down, and I've been on hold for tech support for 30 minutes :roll: ).

 

[Gerbil333]

Do you have a Venice CPU? I've heard a few reports of the board failing to post with BIOS' older than version 1004.

 

[mechBgon]

I made a list of no-POST/no-run things you can check while you're waiting: http://www.omnicast.net/~tmcfadden/index.html and it's the first link at the top there.


Also, information helps, so could you hit Quote and replace the info in this sample with yours, perhaps:

• CORE HARDWARE
  • Power supply Antec TruePower 430
  • Motherboard Asus K8N-E Deluxe
    • Revision 1.03
    • BIOS 1005
  • CPU Athlon64 3000+
    • Core 130nm Clawhammer
  • Memory (2) 512MB Corsair XMS 3200C2 modules
    • Voltage Manually set to 2.7 volts
    • Timings AUTO, results in 2-3-2-6 @ 200MHz
• CARDS
  • Primary video card ATI Radeon 9800Pro AGP 8x
  • PCI slot #1 (top) empty
  • PCI slot #2 empty
  • PCI slot #3 LeadTek Winfast TV/FM tuner card
  • PCI slot #4 Creative Audigy 2 ZS
  • PCI slot #5 LSI Logic Ultra160 SCSI
  • PCI slot #6 (board only has five PCI slots)
• DRIVES
  • Boot drive 160GB Seagate 7200.7
    • Interface Serial ATA
    • Controller hosting this drive nForce3 SATA controller
    • Jumper setting not applicable (SATA)
  • Additional hard drive 40GB Seagate 7200.7
    • Interface Parallel ATA
    • Controller hosting this drive nForce3 standard ATA controller, primary channel
    • Jumper setting Master
  • Additional hard drive 18GB Seagate Cheetah 15k.3
    • Interface SCSI
    • Controller hosting this drive LSI Logic U160 card
    • Jumper setting SCSI ID 01
  • Optical drive #1 NEC 3500A DVD burner
    • Interface Parallel ATA
    • Controller hosting this drive nForce3 standard ATA controller, secondary channel
    • Jumper setting Master
  • Optical drive #2 Lite-On combo DVD-ROM/CD-RW
    • Interface Parallel ATA
    • Controller hosting this drive nForce3 standard ATA controller, secondary channel
    • Jumper setting Slave
• OS AND SECURITY
  • Operating System WindowsXP Professional
  • Service Pack SP2
  • Internet connection Cable
  • Hardware firewall Netgear RP614 router
  • Software firewall WindowsXP firewall
  • Antivirus Norton Antivirus 2004

 

[ProviaFan]

Hmm, my X2 posted ok in my new A8N-E (sorry, didn't check the shipping BIOS, but it didn't identify the X2 properly, so I presume it was pre-1004), so I don't think that would be the cause of the issue (especially since the Venice is "older" than the X2).

 

[MJGunn]

Well, finally got on the line with Asus. The problem? The placement of the ram (had them both in the 2 slots closest to the cpu, apparently I should have skipped a socket between the two of them.....whoops). Thanks everyone.

Now the only problem I've got is its complaning at bootup that I don't have a CPU fan hooked up to the motherboard (which I don't, its hooked into a regular molex connector), and I can't find anywhere in the bios to disable the warning.

 

[Gerbil333]

Originally posted by: MJGunn
Now the only problem I've got is its complaning at bootup that I don't have a CPU fan hooked up to the motherboard (which I don't, its hooked into a regular molex connector), and I can't find anywhere in the bios to disable the warning.

It's in there, because I'm pretty sure I have mine disabled. I think it was "CPU Fan Warning Speed". My board starts the fan at a very low rpm (~800rpm if the room temp. is low enough) and the lowest option is 800rpm. Therefore, it was sometimes telling me that the CPU fan failed, when it hadn't really. So, I changed it to disabled and it no longer bothers me.

I also have the "Chipset Fan Warning" option disabled since I'm using an NB47J.

 

[MJGunn]

Think I might have an older (or newer?) bios version, because I don't see either one of those options in there. Its probably older since the board came with the old chipset fan on it as well (luckily I figured it would, so I called asus when I ordered and had a new one sent).

Edit: Yeah, I had an old bios, 1001, just upgraded to 1005, and it added the option to disable it......now I can plug my case speaker back in

 

[blckgrffn]

What does the old fan look like? Damn ASUS... this is first and probably last board from them...

Nat

 

[MJGunn]

Good comparison pic I found. I never even plugged in the old one, but from what I've heard, the old ones are a pretty loud (they spin a lot quicker), and don't last very long. The new one is silent, though I still wish the board had a passive setup.

http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/binister/A8N_SL1.gif

 

[chachster]

Good call on getting the new chipset fan ordered. My chipset fan died about two weeks after it was running. I'm now waiting on the new chipset fan from Asus and looking at my other rig with all the horsepower just sitting there turned off.