motherboard beep code !!!

[nev]

Hi again
thanks again for the info , just two more things are bugging me now, the first is I have the thing up and running now everything works ok. BUT !!!!!! I expected to hear a single bleep from the case speaker on bootup but nothing, is this normal for this motherboard or is there a fault(how can I test the board or speaker)Motherboard is Gigabyte GA-7VTXH+ .and the other thing is I had a ribbon cable supplied with board for IDE connection, I just wondered how can you tell the difference between a normal cable and a UDMA 66 or 100 cable. they all look the same from what I can see of the one's I have
Thanks again
Nev

[YODA74]

http://www.cablemakers.com/ribbon.htm


A short "beep" sounds when POST is complete (applicable to most systems) But not all, yours may be the latter of the two What does the Motherboard manual say.

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[rond36]

If it makes it through POST with no beep and continues to load the OS don't worry about it that's not a problem unless it doesn't make it through POST. Sometimes mine beeps sometimes it doesen't. I don't worry if mine beeps or not as long as it boots

A UDMA 66/100 cable has twice as many ridges on it and the ridges are smaller. The standard cable has ridges the same size as a floppy cable.
http://65.119.30.151/productimage/13-128-131-04.JPG
In this picture the wider of the two cables is a UDMA 66/100 Your motherboard supports UDMA 66/100/133 the proper cable(s) are supplied with the board. My Soyo board came with three 66/100 and 1 standard (it has RAID).

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[This message has been edited by rond36 (edited 05-31-2002).]