problem booting up the 1st time

lurker · Post by **lurker** » Tue Feb 05, 2002 8:15 pm

just booted(or tried to) the computer up for the 1st time, i hear a couple of beeps then see nothing on the screen? i checked the wiring and they seem right, any help?

here are my stuff

amd xp 1700
shuttle AK31A KT266A
GEFORCE2 GTS-V 4X/2X 32MB AGP
WD 80 gig hd
16x dvd
512 ddr2100

Norm · Post by **Norm** » Tue Feb 05, 2002 8:21 pm

Reseat the ram and PCI cards, especially the vid card, they're finicky.

Annalysa · Post by **Annalysa** » Tue Feb 05, 2002 8:24 pm

bet its the video card

mnosteele52 · Post by **mnosteele52** » Tue Feb 05, 2002 8:39 pm

Recheck everything, make sure your IDE cables are connected properly (red stripe closest to power), make sure everything has power, make sure all your jumpers are set right, make sure your floppy is connected properly (does the light on it stay on? if so it's connected improperly) make sure RAM is in #1 slot, make sure heatsink has good contact with cpu. Set BIOS to defaults, then tweak it after it boots fine.

terrancelam · Post by **terrancelam** » Tue Feb 05, 2002 8:57 pm

beeps form the system speaker usually indicate that you have seated something incorrectly. Could be ram, video card or CPU.

lurker · Post by **lurker** » Tue Feb 05, 2002 9:00 pm

one spot on my ram just burned! wtf?????

Easto · Post by **Easto** » Tue Feb 05, 2002 9:09 pm

Here's a good beep guide reference

http://www.pcguide.com/ts/x/sys/beep/

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problem booting up the 1st time

problem booting up the 1st time

How many beeps?