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doing this from work, so need to be quick !

Asus board with I think Award bios ?

On boot - CPU, case and PSU fans work OK - green "live" light on the board but then a long single beep repeated after about 5 seconds and again and again.

Power on LED shows on front of case.

Speaker works.

Reset button works OK

Nothing shows on screen.

Onboard video, no other cards connected, no drives connected just RAM and CPU.

Monitor connected works OK with another PC.

RAM also.

With CD-Rom drive fitted seems to find it OK.

Is it a video problem with the board itself ? :unsure:

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award bios beeps with my asus board,

one short-ok

long beeps in a endless loop-no dram installed or detected

one long beep followed by 3 short beeps-video card not found or detected

high frequency beeps when system working-cpu overheated.

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long beeps in a endless loop-no dram installed or detected

Its a combo board - Asus P4S533-MX SDRAM + DDR - I'm using PC133 SD-RAM which should be OK.

http://www.crucial.com/uk/store/listparts....33-MX&submit=Go

- its 2 x Crucial sticks I'm using - 256MB SDRAM, PC133 - CT64M64S8D75

SDRAM, PC133 • CL=3 • Unbuffered • Non-parity • 7.5ns • 3.3V • 32Meg x 64

They offer 512MB SDRAM, PC133 - CT64M64S4D75 for the board

SDRAM, PC133 • CL=3 • Unbuffered • Non-parity • 7.5ns • 3.3V • 64Meg x 64

its exactly the same spec - but bigger !

I checked by email with Crucial that mine are OK for the board

:unsure:

Guess I'll have to try some DDR ?

256MB DDR PC2700 - CT3264Z335

DDR PC2700

• CL=2.5 • Unbuffered • Non-parity • 6ns • 2.5V • 32Meg x 64

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I've been trying "everything" for the last few days - complete dismantling and re-install of board, PSU, CPU, RAM, cards, drives etc. incrementally - 3 times ! :angry:

The solution seems to so be simple :o when I cracked it last night.

If I put any of my 3 Crucial sticks in Slot 1 of the 2 SDRAM slots - I get the beep error.

BUT - If I put another make of PC133 SDRAM in that slot (even cheap generic) plus any Crucial in the other one - it works fine ! :D :blink: :D

I usually swear by Crucial, but this is that one in a million ??? :blink:

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I think this is what you would call an anomaly....... as long as you have the solution though that is the main thing. Also, I think you must have a female mobo. Only explanation I can come up with!!

:lol: :lol: :lol: :dummies:

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