[Solved] No Post, No Beeps **Updated Again**

[Ravennoir]

Solved - See fix here http://forums.overclockers.com.au/sh...2&postcount=30

Hey Everyone,

I just brought a Motherboard and CPU of the forums and I cant get it to post

It starts up and the fans spin, but no beeps and no video

the specs are :

E8300
Asus P5E3 WS Pro
Asus DDR3 2Gb
Transend DDR3 2x 1Gb

Please help, im not sure which part is faulty, or if its something I can fix, I have tried a BIOS reset, but still nothing

Any ideas ?

thanks

-Raven

[itachi46]

Originally Posted by Ravennoir

Hey Everyone,

I just brought a Motherboard and CPU of the forums and I cant get it to post

It starts up and the fans spin, but no beeps and no video

the specs are :

E8300
Asus P5E3 WS Pro
Asus DDR3 2Gb

Please help, im not sure which part is faulty, or if its something I can fix, I have tried a BIOS reset, but still nothing

Any ideas ?

thanks

-Raven

tried different gfx card?

[Ravennoir]

Originally Posted by itachi46

tried different gfx card?

Yeah ive tried a different card, I might take my GTX 280 out of my main PC and ttry that too, but I should at least get one beep on startup

[Ravennoir]

Update :

If I take the Ram out, I get 1 long beep followed by 2 short beeps

In the manual it states this would be because it cant detect the ram, so it is working, just one I put the ram in it wont boot

Could the ram be the issue ?

[itachi46]

Originally Posted by Ravennoir

Update :

If I take the Ram out, I get 1 long beep followed by 2 short beeps

In the manual it states this would be because it cant detect the ram, so it is working, just one I put the ram in it wont boot

Could the ram be the issue ?

hmm well its either that or a dead mobo.... tried different slots? and also it does that regardless which ram u take out?

[Ravennoir]

Originally Posted by itachi46

hmm well its either that or a dead mobo.... tried different slots? and also it does that regardless which ram u take out?

yeah, ive tired each stick in different slots

from what i can tell the ram may not be compatible with this board but i dont have more ram to check it

[qwertylesh]

ive encountered a problem where a kit of ram was completely incompatable with the motherboard:
was an asus, the thread where i talked about it is here
suffice to say in the end, a new ddr3 kit had to be used.

the symptom seems very much like yours, with no ram in i would get 'no ram' post beeps, with ram and no gfx, no beeps at all, with nothing at all i would get 'no ram' beeps. only when the ram was in would the system not post and not beep.

that board was a WiFi @on mobo, same p5e3, the ram causing the problem as mentioned it was 'CMX2048-1333C9DHX XMS3-1333 2048 1333Mhz 9-9-9-24 1.7v Ver3.1' which i must say has not only given me a hellof alot of grief with that mobo but with the XFX 790i mobos aswell

for the ram problem, the kit was changed to OCZ ddr3 and the system was happy as larry.

[Ravennoir]

Originally Posted by qwertylesh

ive encountered a problem where a kit of ram was completely incompatable with the motherboard:
was an asus, the thread where i talked about it is here
suffice to say in the end, a new ddr3 kit had to be used.

the symptom seems very much like yours, with no ram in i would get 'no ram' post beeps, with ram and no gfx, no beeps at all, with nothing at all i would get 'no ram' beeps. only when the ram was in would the system not post and not beep.

that board was a WiFi @on mobo, same p5e3, the ram causing the problem as mentioned it was 'CMX2048-1333C9DHX XMS3-1333 2048 1333Mhz 9-9-9-24 1.7v Ver3.1' which i must say has not only given me a hellof alot of grief with that mobo but with the XFX 790i mobos aswell

for the ram problem, the kit was changed to OCZ ddr3 and the system was happy as larry.

I was hoping it wouldnt be that, I dont have any other DDR3 to test it with

So the Corsair is no good also

Ill have a look and see if I can get my RAM changed back

[qwertylesh]

as far as i had discovered with those p5e3 boards, the 2x1gb asus kits are supposed to work, at that time i couldnt find any 2x2gb kits for asus ddr3,
might be an idea to contact the vendor, your ram may work after a bios update if its not completely incompatable, or even if you havent baught it from online see if your reseller can help you out by updating the board for you before you get to the point of changing the ram, if the ram was baught from a reseller you should be able to get it changed within the 7-14 day period, but u'd need to be firm as allot of them since some will likely claim not to exchange due to incompatability. :\

[Ravennoir]

Originally Posted by qwertylesh

as far as i had discovered with those p5e3 boards, the 2x1gb asus kits are supposed to work, at that time i couldnt find any 2x2gb kits for asus ddr3,
might be an idea to contact the vendor, your ram may work after a bios update if its not completely incompatable, or even if you havent baught it from online see if your reseller can help you out by updating the board for you before you get to the point of changing the ram, if the ram was baught from a reseller you should be able to get it changed within the 7-14 day period, but u'd need to be firm as allot of them since some will likely claim not to exchange due to incompatability. :\

How can I update the BIOS if it wont POST

[onoff312]

You can't so your stuffed there.

[Ravennoir]

Originally Posted by onoff312

You can't so your stuffed there.

thats what I thought

[qwertylesh]

that was the whole point of my original post in the memory section, the only way is to use a compatible piece of ram to update its bios, which ud have to borrow, maybe from the reseller?

[Ravennoir]

So i went and got my Ram replaced, I got some Transend stuff

and it looks like I have the same issue, although I only just tried so it might be that im not quite awake yet

I will try later tonight, and let you know

[Ravennoir]

OK,

So i tried again, and still no luck

Tried two different video cards and tried the RAM in each slot and tried the video cards in each slot

Same thing happens, all fans etc start, but no post beep and no video

Please any help would be great