No beeps

kinetic · Jan 3, 2003, 08:16 PM

Thanks for the time and effort Digi!

You're actually helping 2 of us, 'cos the sooner this is sorted the sooner I can install my b/band!

fornicatarachnid · Jan 3, 2003, 09:29 PM

Well, I've tried everything and no matter what I do makes one bit

of difference, it still won't post

This is driving me nuts, ive now changed/swapped every

component apart from the motherboard. I've tried everything that

you guys can come up with and the bastard still wont

beep for me

I've got a headache now so I'm

giving up. I think the motherboard is fecked so I'm gonna take it

back first thing tomorrow and get them to check it out.

Thanks again for all your help/advice guys.

DriveEuro · Jan 3, 2003, 09:42 PM

Man, that blows. Hope the next one works fine.

kinetic · Jan 3, 2003, 10:24 PM

He's got a beep! He's got a beep! (looks for excited smiley!)

That'll do!!

DriveEuro · Jan 3, 2003, 11:17 PM

So what happened to make it work?

kinetic · Jan 3, 2003, 11:21 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by DriveEuro
So what happened to make it work?

He's not sure. Thinks it maybe something to do with CMOS. Rest assured when he's fully operational he'll fill ya in!

DriveEuro · Jan 3, 2003, 11:24 PM

Cool... success.

kinetic · Jan 3, 2003, 11:28 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by DriveEuro
Cool... success.

Thanks for your concern! I've stuck to my word and just installed my b/band modem now that he's almost sorted.

digitalwanderer · Jan 4, 2003, 02:05 AM

That's the best news I've had all night, congratulations and good job!

Chaos · Jan 4, 2003, 02:41 AM

Glad to hear that he got it running. I am quite surprised no one suggested trying a PCI video card to check the AGP port.

fornicatarachnid · Jan 4, 2003, 03:35 AM

Phew !!!! I'm back at last lol What a day

Before I try and explain what it was I just want to thank you

guys again for your concern and help In trying to get my problem

sorted, the saying that two heads are better than one was

certainly true on this occasion.

A special thanks must go to you Dig, I know we haven't always

seen eye on here

but I feel that all that is a long way behind

us now

Rite, here goes, I was just about ready to give up for the tenth

time when I thought I would try resetting the CMOS 'again'. I

found another method in one of the links you posted. I didn't

expect it to work cos I had tried so many times before. What a

relief when I heard that likkle beep

I've got XP back on and I'm in the process of swapping all my stuff

over from my old hard drive and installing all my programs again.

I haven't tried any games yet but I already love the blistering

speed of this new set-up

Thanks once again guys. Driverheaven rules !!

fornicatarachnid · Jan 4, 2003, 03:40 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by digitalwanderer
Did you try manually clearing your CMOS?

EDITED BITS: I forgot to mention, he had the same problem with the same board and also includes the procedure on how to clear the CMOS in that link. I'll betcha a dollar that fixes it.

Ps. I guess I owe you a dollar Dig

digitalwanderer · Jan 4, 2003, 05:01 AM

I'm glad to hear about you getting it fixed, I know how aggravating a busted box can be. It's an awful kind of empty/hollow/pukey feeling for me when I can't get a box to boot, I never ever hold grudges during crunch times.

I'm always gonna enjoy meself poking fun at everyone, but when someone's got a problem I'm always gonna try and help.

I just remember me own first few times when I hosed my box and was up with it for 16 hours straight trying to get her back up.

Funny story actually, I spent the whole night figuring out what a boot-disk was and how to handwrite one for me particular rig....without any internet (this was '94...on a Packard Bell

). My wife woke up in shock to see me still up and plugging away at the PC. When I tried to explain what I was doing to her, (and it took about a half a pot of coffee. It wasn't that she was slow with PCs...I just wasn't very good with windows 3.1 so didn't know what I was talking about.), she looked at me and said; "John, why didn't you just use the emergency boot-up disk thingy that came in that envelope with the computer?".

I actually dropped me coffee cup when what she said kicked in and I just sort of heard meself say, "What 'emergency boot-up disk thingy'?"

It turns out PB had included a boot-disk, it's just that since me wife put the computer together while I was at work (Man, this WAS a while ago!) she had gotten the envelope with all the back-up CDs & floppy and put it in a safe place....without ever once mentioning it to me.

She had a good laugh over the rest of her coffee, I popped the floppy in and watched in amazement as the PC re-built itself in front of me eyes and felt REALLY dumb.

Sorry, just flashing back. I hate to see anyone else going thru that kind of stuff, it's why I like helping peeps on the boards. It's me way of trying to pay back all the people who've helped me out over so many years.

Gotta run, all this reminiscing is just too close to actual thinking for full relaxation mode. I hope you have a lot of fun with the rest of the system set-up, and I hope things go smoothly. If they don't, don't panic. It's just another hurdle on the path to the ultimate PC.

DriveEuro · Jan 4, 2003, 07:11 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Chaos
Glad to hear that he got it running. I am quite surprised no one suggested trying a PCI video card to check the AGP port.

I guess that you TOTALLY missed my post where I told him to try a PCI video card.

Necrosis · Jan 4, 2003, 09:02 AM

I'll have to come back to this thread if I have any problems. So an advanced "Thank You" is in order I think.

kinetic · Jan 4, 2003, 10:24 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Necrosis
I'll have to come back to this thread if I have any problems. So an advanced "Thank You" is in order I think.

Let us know how you get on building that new system

Hope it all goes well!

Chaos · Jan 4, 2003, 01:15 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by DriveEuro
I guess that you TOTALLY missed my post where I told him to try a PCI video card.

Yes I must have missed it all together, sorry dude!

Jan 3, 2003, 09:42 PM	#33
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Jan 3, 2003, 11:17 PM	#35
DriveEuro HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Gurnee Illinois Posts: 4,677 Rep Power: 0	So what happened to make it work? __________________ [color=orange]ASUS P4P800 Deluxe [color=black]-[/color] 2.4C --> 3300mhz [color=black]-[/color] Mushkin PC3200 at 220 5-2-2-2 (cpu limited) [color=black]-[/color] BBAti 9800Pro at 430/375 [/color] [color=black]3[/color][color=gray]D[/color]M[color=black]a[/color][color=gray]r[/color]k[color=yellow]01[/color] [color=black]3[/color][color=gray]D[/color]M[color=black]a[/color][color=gray]r[/color]k[color=yellow]03[/color] 16001200 12801024

Jan 3, 2003, 11:24 PM	#37
DriveEuro HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Gurnee Illinois Posts: 4,677 Rep Power: 0	Cool... success. __________________ [color=orange]ASUS P4P800 Deluxe [color=black]-[/color] 2.4C --> 3300mhz [color=black]-[/color] Mushkin PC3200 at 220 5-2-2-2 (cpu limited) [color=black]-[/color] BBAti 9800Pro at 430/375 [/color] [color=black]3[/color][color=gray]D[/color]M[color=black]a[/color][color=gray]r[/color]k[color=yellow]01[/color] [color=black]3[/color][color=gray]D[/color]M[color=black]a[/color][color=gray]r[/color]k[color=yellow]03[/color] 16001200 12801024

Jan 4, 2003, 02:05 AM	#39
digitalwanderer Colour Commentator Join Date: May 2002 Location: Highland, IN USA Posts: 5,619 Rep Power: 0	Woo-hoo!!!! That's the best news I've had all night, congratulations and good job! __________________ WTF is up with the sigs?

Jan 4, 2003, 02:41 AM	#40
Chaos Number Nine Join Date: May 2002 Location: Nova Scotia Posts: 5,268 Rep Power: 167 System Specs	Glad to hear that he got it running. I am quite surprised no one suggested trying a PCI video card to check the AGP port. __________________

Jan 3, 2003, 08:16 PM	Thread Starter #31
kinetic DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Manchester England Posts: 2,559 Rep Power: 0	Thanks for the time and effort Digi! You're actually helping 2 of us, 'cos the sooner this is sorted the sooner I can install my b/band!

Jan 3, 2003, 09:29 PM	#32
fornicatarachnid Clanless Join Date: May 2002 Location: On the web, England UK Posts: 714 Rep Power: 0	Well, I've tried everything and no matter what I do makes one bit of difference, it still won't post This is driving me nuts, ive now changed/swapped every component apart from the motherboard. I've tried everything that you guys can come up with and the bastard still wont beep for me I've got a headache now so I'm giving up. I think the motherboard is fecked so I'm gonna take it back first thing tomorrow and get them to check it out. Thanks again for all your help/advice guys.

Jan 3, 2003, 10:24 PM	Thread Starter #34
kinetic DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Manchester England Posts: 2,559 Rep Power: 0	He's got a beep! He's got a beep! (looks for excited smiley!) That'll do!!

Jan 4, 2003, 03:35 AM	#41
fornicatarachnid Clanless Join Date: May 2002 Location: On the web, England UK Posts: 714 Rep Power: 0	Phew !!!! I'm back at last lol What a day Before I try and explain what it was I just want to thank you guys again for your concern and help In trying to get my problem sorted, the saying that two heads are better than one was certainly true on this occasion. A special thanks must go to you Dig, I know we haven't always seen eye on here but I feel that all that is a long way behind us now Rite, here goes, I was just about ready to give up for the tenth time when I thought I would try resetting the CMOS 'again'. I found another method in one of the links you posted. I didn't expect it to work cos I had tried so many times before. What a relief when I heard that likkle beep I've got XP back on and I'm in the process of swapping all my stuff over from my old hard drive and installing all my programs again. I haven't tried any games yet but I already love the blistering speed of this new set-up Thanks once again guys. Driverheaven rules !!

Jan 4, 2003, 05:01 AM	#43
digitalwanderer Colour Commentator Join Date: May 2002 Location: Highland, IN USA Posts: 5,619 Rep Power: 0	Good job. I'm glad to hear about you getting it fixed, I know how aggravating a busted box can be. It's an awful kind of empty/hollow/pukey feeling for me when I can't get a box to boot, I never ever hold grudges during crunch times. I'm always gonna enjoy meself poking fun at everyone, but when someone's got a problem I'm always gonna try and help. I just remember me own first few times when I hosed my box and was up with it for 16 hours straight trying to get her back up. Funny story actually, I spent the whole night figuring out what a boot-disk was and how to handwrite one for me particular rig....without any internet (this was '94...on a Packard Bell ). My wife woke up in shock to see me still up and plugging away at the PC. When I tried to explain what I was doing to her, (and it took about a half a pot of coffee. It wasn't that she was slow with PCs...I just wasn't very good with windows 3.1 so didn't know what I was talking about.), she looked at me and said; "John, why didn't you just use the emergency boot-up disk thingy that came in that envelope with the computer?". I actually dropped me coffee cup when what she said kicked in and I just sort of heard meself say, "What 'emergency boot-up disk thingy'?" It turns out PB had included a boot-disk, it's just that since me wife put the computer together while I was at work (Man, this WAS a while ago!) she had gotten the envelope with all the back-up CDs & floppy and put it in a safe place....without ever once mentioning it to me. She had a good laugh over the rest of her coffee, I popped the floppy in and watched in amazement as the PC re-built itself in front of me eyes and felt REALLY dumb. Sorry, just flashing back. I hate to see anyone else going thru that kind of stuff, it's why I like helping peeps on the boards. It's me way of trying to pay back all the people who've helped me out over so many years. Gotta run, all this reminiscing is just too close to actual thinking for full relaxation mode. I hope you have a lot of fun with the rest of the system set-up, and I hope things go smoothly. If they don't, don't panic. It's just another hurdle on the path to the ultimate PC. __________________ WTF is up with the sigs?

Jan 4, 2003, 09:02 AM	#45
Necrosis HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Ohio Posts: 8,838 Rep Power: 131 System Specs	I'll have to come back to this thread if I have any problems. So an advanced "Thank You" is in order I think.