System won't boot suddenly!!

[WangoZ]

Set-up is as follows...

DFI NF3 UT 250gb Mobo
AMD 64 3200
1.5 GB pc3200 memory
ATI X800XT PE AGP
XP-90 fan on processor (I think that was the model)
Maxtor 80 GB hd

This system has worked very well until recent. Did no changes and suddenly the other day a blue screen popped up with some type of memory error message displayed. It was a decent amount of info and didn't stay on the screen long and system crashed so I wasn't able to read it all! Now, can't boot up...fans activate, lights work on case, video card fan runs, and the 2 led's on the Mobo light up. They are a DRAM power LED and a standby power LED.
I get a continous beep loop. Beeps last 2 seconds and are about 5 seconds apart. I have tried booting with no drives, changed Vid cards, reseated the memory, tried a stick in each slot, tried a different memory stick than was in the system when it crashed...It has the "Awards Bios" and the continous loop beeps are supposed to be memory related. I have also tried resetting the CMOS, pulled the battery for a bit as well.
I don't have another processor to pop in the system not do I have another board to test on...
Any advice, thoughts or help would be appreciated, I'm at my wits end and don't want to buy a new system when I'm sure I either have a piece of the system to replace or any other options to get the system to boot at least into the BIOS so I can get rolling.
Motherboard or CPU fried??
Sytem has always run very cool and stable by the way, and no overclocking.

 

[Powermoloch]

In my experience a continous beep every other second usually means Memory problem (Fried RAM probably). I wish I can help you any further =/

Had you tried placing a single stick of ram in a different memory slot?

 

[SparkyJJO]

Try pulling your video card out and reseating that, or throw a cheap old AGP or PCI card in there just to verify. That beep loop is typical for system memory though, but if you tried different memory... Well did you try a different memory slot? Could be the slot died...

 

[WangoZ]

I tried all of that so far...Put an old video card in and got the same beep loop...tried a new stick of memory in each slot...I'm at a loss here...

 

[acole1]

So the memory you used was not just a stick prev installed that you moved around right? It was a fresh stick that wasn't in there before...

Try the memory that was in there before, in another machine, too.

Also try memtest86 or goldmemtest (I think that?s the name) to test your ram by booting from a floppy or cd.

If your ram passes the test(s) then it might be your motherboard (since you already used another video card).

The agp slot might be bad, or the ram slots (faulty northbridge?)


Long continuous beeps are def. ram error.
http://www.bioscentral.com/beepcodes/awardbeep.htm