Today when I turned on my computer there were several beeps and then it would shut down. I have a SY-K7VTA Pro V1.0 motherboard in my computer. I would appreciate any help trying to diagnose this problem. :confused:
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Today when I turned on my computer there were several beeps and then it would shut down. I have a SY-K7VTA Pro V1.0 motherboard in my computer. I would appreciate any help trying to diagnose this problem. :confused:
Please provide the number of beeps and length.
eg . . . - - - . . .
may help, see bottom of page..
http://www.computerhope.com/beep.htm
There is one long beep then it shuts down...Quote:
Originally Posted by Nix
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That board has an Award BIOS. Unfortunately Award is not big on beep codes, and there isn't anything that seems to quite match:
http://www.bioscentral.com/beepcodes/awardbeep.htm
First of all take the cover of the case and check that everything is firmly seated, cables, cards, RAM, etc., especially the graphics card. If that doesn't help, try clearing the CMOS in case it got scrambled. There should be a jumper on the motherboard to do that, if there isn't or you can't find it then pulling the motherboard battery out for a few minutes will achieve the same result.
Does anyone have a suggestion on what I should do now.
At the risk of repeating myself:
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First of all take the cover of the case and check that everything is firmly seated, cables, cards, RAM, etc., especially the graphics card. If that doesn't help, try clearing the CMOS in case it got scrambled. There should be a jumper on the motherboard to do that, if there isn't or you can't find it then pulling the motherboard battery out for a few minutes will achieve the same result.
I did everything that you posted and it did not fix the problem.Quote:
Originally Posted by SuperSparks
I did not mention the following in my original post:
Before my computer finally refused to start it would do the very same thing but after I tried it a few times it would fire up and run okay until it was shut down and re-started. Does this information help any...
CPU fan inoperative/not connected.
You may also want to check the main power supply to the mainboard (24 pin molex connector) to make sure its not loose or that the pins are not oxidized, split so that they are not making good contact. Look the mainboard over for damaged (bulged) or leaking capacitors. If you have a spare psu that you could try in it that would be worth looking at also. Sounds like you have a suspect connection some place.
I have tried everything suggested without any success. I have thought about purchasing a new motherboard, if I knew it was bad. But then it could be the Power Supply? Or maybe the CPU could be bad? If I was to replace the motherboard I need to know if my current operating system would boot up with all of my information or would I chance loosing it.
What to do..... HELP :confused:
This is a must fix for me... Is there somewhere else I can go to get help with this...
Disconnect everything except the power connection to the mobo, the front panel connectors, the CPU, RAM and graphics card. If it still won't fire up then try removing the motherboard from the case and placing it on insulating material to eliminate the possibility of short circuits. If the PC still won't start, try substituting a different graphics card. If it's no go after that it is most likely to be motherboard or CPU failure.
You may want to consider taking it to a shop. they can run a diagnostics ($29.00 here in town) on the computer and tell you what the problems is. Then you know what to buy and you can replace it your self. The nice thing about building / upgrading computers often is that after a while you end up with an assortment of spare parts which in turn makes it so much easyer to find problems with other computers. With out some intuition and diagnostics equipment its a guessing game most of the time. I have enough spare parts stuffed away here to build two systems minus one tower. But they come in handy at times trouble shooting. Thats another reason to have have at least two functioning systems if one dies you have another to use while your fixing your main system.
Tried everything... No fix...
I ordered a new MB will post results...