continous long beeps, no post, no video

[aldo808]

I have a P4TIA mb intel 1.5. new 400 power supply. nothing happens everything spins and powers up....no video....hit reset and get continuous long beeps. i have no clue now. please help.

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[ski]

Long beeps usually indicate a bad power supply, motherboard, CPU, or memory.
Since things power up and fans run, then the PS may not be the problem.
But it would be a good idea to have its leads checked for the proper voltages.
To check whether the MB is getting grounded, remove its screws and place a piece of cardboard underneath it. If that does not work, then the only way to find the bad component is to swap out the MB, CPU, and memory.

[dvin92105]

Bummer..I have the same problem..i tried everything..nothing seems to work..but if you can fix it..please email me dvin92105@yahoo.com

[Budfred]

Check here to find out what the beep codes mean and then post back what you find out to get more help. If you don't know what your BIOS is, post back for help in finding it.

http://www.pcguide.com/ts/x/sys/beep/index-i.htm

Budfred

[Steve]

Hi aldo808,

I assume you mean P4ITA, not TIA. ;) It has an Award BIOS. Continuous long beeps indicate either a memory or video problem.

Try pulling the video card and putting it back in. AGP cards are notorious for going in hard. Real hard sometimes. Make sure it is in all the way and try again.

If that doesn't work try reseating the RAM.

If that doesn't get you going try to beg or borrow another video card and a stick of known good memory.

Good luck. Let us know...:)

[gwallen4]

You could check your memory with DocMem (it's free):

http://www.simmtester.com/PAGE/products/doc/docinfo.asp

[no-mbr]

With all the info provided, I can conclude that the BIOS and the system speaker works.

I guess we are all "clueless".

[CuratoR]

power supply or mobo.
could be anything though ;)
Which one is ur BIOS anyway?

[Sylvander]

Hello aldo

START UP TEST
1. Is the PC dead? No.
2. Did POST appear to run? No.
3. Were there any audible beeps? No. [Not during the normal 1st startup]
4. The Power-On Self-Test failed to complete. [NO POST]

NO POST
1. Are the PSU voltages correct? Check them if you can. If they are not you may have a faulty PSU. Assuming they ARE ok then:
2. Disconnect all peripherals and system adaptor cards except the keyboard and video card/monitor.
3. Does the POST now run? If it doesn’t then your system board [or something on it (video card, CPU, memory)] is faulty. If it does run then:
4. Re-connect the floppy disk drive and run advanced diagnostic software from a floppy disk. Get “TuffTest-Lit” from http://www.tufftest.com/free.htm, or better if you can. This is simple and basic.
5. Does the system board pass? If not then it is faulty. If it does pass then:
6. Switch of and re-connect ONE peripheral/adaptor card.
7. Does POST now run? If it doesn’t this last device connected is faulty and should be disconnected. If it does run the device should be tested using the diagnostics and if it fails is faulty and should be disconnected. If it passes it'’ ok and should be included.
8. Repeat from step 6 until all devices are tested, all faulty are excluded and all working included, then re-test the system.