Problems with new system

[misnomer]

Hi. I'm building a new system for myself, and I'm using a Gigabyte 8I845GVM-RZ socket 478 motherboard with a Northwood Celeron 2.0 GHz processor. I've built a few systems before and never encountered this before. I got it all together and booted it up, and everything turns on but then the system start beeping repeatedly, very fast. I thought it was a beep code of some sorts, but I've never heard one like this. The motherboard manual and website don't offer any clues to what this might be. Is it possible that my front panel pin-out is messed up? I've got it set up per the manual, and my roommate also did it just to double-check, and we're both getting the same staccato beeps. Any help would be wonderful, thanks.

 

[mechBgon]

You might check to make sure your mouse and keyboard aren't swapped (mouse port is green, keyboard is purple).

 

[misnomer]

I just checked that, and it doesn't seem to affect it.

 

[mechBgon]

What I'd do next is take the motherboard out of the case and lay it on cardboard, and give it only the essentials for a POST. CPU, heatsink, and one memory module. No add-in video card (use onboard), no keyboard, no mouse, no drives, no case ports.

I assume you already did get your ATX12V cable plugged in, it's near the upper rear of the motherboard.

Bigger picture: I hope you already know that 2.0GHz Celerons are not very good performers. AnandTech's benchmarks

 

[misnomer]

Ok, i"ll try that. Yeah, this isn't meant to be a performance machine. It's just going to be mostly used for server apps. Does the Celeron 2.0 GHz have problems that I'm unaware of?