One long BIOS Beep

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hi guys does anyone know what one LONG bios beep means?

I got no display at all.
it is a gigabyte board with (i reckon) a phoenix bios

dont worry peeps not my Denise (new rig)
 
edit any chance a mod can change my title to one long bios BEEP?
thanks
 
One long beep is the CPU, i think.

Edit: Yeah it says on V_R link dead CPU is 1-1-2 but its also one long as well, like a flat line.

Beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep!

Flatliners still scares me.
 
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ermmm I think it is a long beep it is def not flat though.

I can't make out if that is 1 long beep and then 2 small ones though

i'll try a diff cpu

hope it is not the board :)
 
'One drop of rain on your window pane doesn't mean to say there's a hurricane blowing'

Socrates. 56 BC
 
Dead motherboard!!!

well I knew it before that is why I had to upgrade. :)

"Bad is not good until worse happens."
 
Sorry to hear that too it was the one you gave me a long time ago a lovely board. I am sure it could be repaired by some soul out there but that is far beyond my reach.

I was trying to make a system out of my old parts and wanted to utilised my case but looks like my plan is somewhat failing.
That board was special 4 IDE ports 2 sata ports on the old socket A. It is indeed irreplaceable.
 
floppybootstomp said:
'One drop of rain on your window pane doesn't mean to say there's a hurricane blowing'

Socrates. 56 BC
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Brilliant quote but I didnt know they had glass in 56BC ;)
 
psd99 said:
Sorry to hear that too it was the one you gave me a long time ago a lovely board. I am sure it could be repaired by some soul out there but that is far beyond my reach.

I was trying to make a system out of my old parts and wanted to utilised my case but looks like my plan is somewhat failing.
That board was special 4 IDE ports 2 sata ports on the old socket A. It is indeed irreplaceable.
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Have you had a good look at it mate?

Usually its a problem with the Capacitors surrounding the CPU socket. Look for leakage and cracked tops on the caps. Yes you are right they can be repaired in some instances all depending on severity of the damage
 
TriplexDread said:
Brilliant quote but I didnt know they had glass in 56BC ;)
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lol..

actually, it's a line from a pretty crap song from 1972 recorded by a group named the Fortunes.

And I got the line wrong too, it's 'thunderstorm' not 'hurricane' :o

A quite horrid tune but one that has embedded itself in my subconcious all these years.



My oh my, they've got older and the lead singer looks like a Psycho :lol:

 
TriplexDread said:
Have you had a good look at it mate?

Usually its a problem with the Capacitors surrounding the CPU socket. Look for leakage and cracked tops on the caps. Yes you are right they can be repaired in some instances all depending on severity of the damage
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well see I got two boards exactly the same except one of them is REV1 the other is REV2.

REV 1 was the one that I used to run my system on for years on end that I had the booting up problem with.

REV 2 was a replacement from ebay.

Well REV 1 burned when I turned it on I saw some smoke coming from around the CPU area and then I could smell some smoke too. It was like a burning plastic smell. I can no longer use the CPU fan header so I have to use the additional fan connector for the cpu fan if that makes sense.


But sometimes this REV1 board won't even power on. I've also used 2 PSU's on it.

Now REV 2 was the replacement board that I got from this **** on ebay who thought it would be a good idea to send out the board with shredded paper in it. Well anyway I did get a POST for a while but it is like my case is cursed everytime I put it in there it would not post. Right now it powers on fine but no POST at all. Very strange that when I turn on the power on the PSU it instantly turns on itself. I've searched and searched can't see why this is happening.

I've spent 5 different days trying to sort this mess out in the end my plan is to get another socket A board and cut my losses. I got a lot of stuff here that needs a good home so as soon as I get a socket A board and set everything up I will be in a positon to get rid of all these boxes and sell on my old stuff.
 
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