Help....beep codes?

[rebelliont56]

ok so i just finished the final build of my pc last night at 1:50 in the morning...i was wondering does any one know what " beep--(aprox 7 sec of silence then) 5 quick sequential beeps" mean for a Award Bios from pheonix technologies..thier site wasent help...i have yet to connect a screen i will do that tonight...i just wanted to get the word out there so yea...please help im an uber nub...

[.Maleficus.]

All I could find. (http://www.amptron.com/html/bios.beepcodes.html)

[slytherock]

Sound like memory error
http://bioscentral.com/beepcodes/awardbeep.htm

[rebelliont56]

yea i had foudn that too maleficus...but in the past bouple of years awardand pheonix merged so now is award bios by pheonix technoligies

[rebelliont56]

by memory error do u think it bad ram or error in installation

[slytherock]

Can be one or the other...
award bios by pheonix (http://www.phoenix.com/en/Customer+Services/BIOS/AwardBIOS/Award+Error+Codes.htm)

Beep Codes

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The only AwardBIOS beep code indicates that a video error has occurred and the BIOS cannot initialize the video screen to display any additional information. This beep code consists of a single long beep followed by two short beeps. Any other beeps are probably a RAM (Random Access Memory) problems.

[rebelliont56]

Can be one or the other...
award bios by pheonix (http://www.phoenix.com/en/Customer+Services/BIOS/AwardBIOS/Award+Error+Codes.htm)

sigh...i hope when i get home today its as simple as removing the RAM and putting it back in....when i installed it i followed the instructions of magazines, my book on build a pc, and the mobo manual...i opened the white tab things on the side lined up the mem and pushed down (i had aligned it with the key thing) it took a good amount of force...is that normal...li was using cosair XMS RAM?

[.Maleficus.]

Yep, that's normal. For me anyways. Unless you did something wrong putting the RAM in, you probably have a dead stick :(

[modmansage]

It shouldn't take too much force, of you had problems getting both sides to click in, check your key again.
If you can boot past the beep codes, download memtest86 (www.memtest86.com) and test your ram to make sure it's good.

[rebelliont56]

cool ill try that when I bring my monitor down...jw, maleficus so if i have a bad stick (i bought them in pair) do you know if corsair warentys usually cover bad sticks???

[Spawn-Inc]

ya they will if its still within a couple of days you can probably just get go get a new set from the store you got it from. otherwise you will have to RMA (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Return_Merchandise_Authorization) it. what are the system specs btw?

[rebelliont56]

well the products have been sitting aroudn so i duuno...um im at the lab so when i get home ill put up the specs and some pics

[Eclecticos]

I agree with Sly. . Sounds like a Memory Error.

Unplug the computer, Take the memory out,
Put one stick in at a time make sure its seated properly.
Turn it back on and see if it beeps, each stick separately.

[rebelliont56]

NO>>>NO MEMORY ERROR YAY>>>>>>i just needed to change some obscure options in BIOS....YAY IT WORKS..and the OS comes tommorow YAYAYAYOgekgbejgbejgbwjkbg WOOO WOOO
sorry i feel acomplished its my first time

[Eclecticos]

What options did you change?

[Spawn-Inc]

awesome, i hope any problems i get once my rig it built are as easy to fix as yours was.

would it have been speed settings? or timings?

[rebelliont56]

oh it was warning me that the cpu fan wasent spining...well that was because there was no cpu fan plugged in becuase i was using liquid cooling...silly computer..yea i wish you the best of luck spawn

[Crazy Buddhist]

oh it was warning me that the cpu fan wasent spining...well that was because there was no cpu fan plugged in becuase i was using liquid cooling...silly computer..yea i wish you the best of luck spawn

Anyone know when the plug-n-play patch for watercooling is released? :D

[rebelliont56]

nope....lol