System Not Booting... 3 short beeps and a reset.

[RShick]

Hello. I'm having a very annoying issue with my system; here's the details:

Gigabyte P35 DS3R
Intel Core 2 Duo E6320
2 GB Crucial Ballistix
EVGA 8800 GTS

XCLIO Goodpower 500W (original)
Antec Earthwatts 500W (new)

Problem is that when turning the computer on, I'm getting 3 quick beeps and then it resets. After reset, it does the same thing, and then resets again. After the 2nd reset, it tries to boot, and again, 3 quick beeps and then shutdown. So it's pretty much I get 3 beeps and then it craps out, and after the 3rd restart, it just doesn't even try again.

Not sure what's going on here; the motnherboard manual says that continuous quick beeps means there's a power problem. I put in a different PSU that I had laying around (brand new Antec Earthwatts 500W); but there's no difference.

I've also tried rebuilding the entire system from scratch to make sure that everything is seated correctly, and that didn't solve it.

The system was working just fine this morning. Then I came back a short time later, and this problem started.

Does anyone have any suggestions?

Thanks,
RShick

 

[cprince]

From what I found on the Internet, it's a RAM problem. Try booting from just one stick.

 

[RShick]

Thank you for that help, that actually did resolve the continuous beeping issue. It looks like one stick is bad.... which sucks, but I can deal with that.

I'm still having another problem now though. The system still isn't posting or producing any image on the monitor. It turns on, I can see the fans going, the ram and the hard drive are chattering, and the video card is fan is running, but it's not booting up.

The strangest part about this whole thing is that the system was fine for the last 3+ months, and it was working earlier today... so frustrating.

Thanks for any help you can provide!

 

[cprince]

Your other stick may also be bad. But try resetting the BIOS first.

 

[robisbell]

or you may have a defective motherboard.