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| 382300 | 2005-08-19 14:24:00 | My computer won't boot up! Recently it wouldn't even enter POST - all you could hear was the fans of the CPU and power supply going, and the power button didn't even light up! So I replaced the motherboard and now my computer turns on but now it keeps on continuously beeping really long beeps. I've tried reseatting my memory but that hasn't done anything. Do you think it could be the processor? I had a look at it and there aren't any scratches/bent pins on it. Although, I didn't change the thermal compound on it because for starters I don't have any, and I'm also too scared to try and take it off and put it back on so I just left the old stuff on there. My computer is about 8 months old, and it has an ASUS P4S800-MX Motherboard with a Pentium 4 3.0ghz CPU, Apacer 512MB DDRAM, nVidia GeForce FX 6200... What could the problem be? I've pulled out the RAM and turned on the computer and it still does the long beeps whether the RAM is in or not. Could the RAM be faulty? I really hope that is all that the problem is.... it couldn't be the motherboard if it's beeping, couldn't it? And I REALLY hope it isn't the CPU.... HELP WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED!! THANKS IN ADVANCE!! |
alexc (8747) | ||
| 382301 | 2005-08-19 14:26:00 | Oh I also forgot to mention my monitor isn't receiving any signal. I changed monitors to see if the monitor is the problem but it isn't, and I've also used both the on-board video and my GeForce graphics card but they were both the same.... | alexc (8747) | ||
| 382302 | 2005-08-19 19:50:00 | P4's dont usually need thermal compound. Whats on them when u buy the CPU is enough. Only AMD CPU's do. You didnt put any on it did u?? It can make things worse. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 382303 | 2005-08-19 22:56:00 | Nah I didn't touch it I'm too scared too! I just left the stuff that was on it originally on. So I don't ever need to replace it do I? Glad to have cleared that one up! | alexc (8747) | ||
| 382304 | 2005-08-20 00:28:00 | What could the problem be? I've pulled out the RAM and turned on the computer and it still does the long beeps whether the RAM is in or not. Could the RAM be faulty? I really hope that is all that the problem is.... it couldn't be the motherboard if it's beeping, couldn't it? And I REALLY hope it isn't the CPU.... RAM not seated correctly. WHich is also the case if you took it out - now it REALLY thinks its not seated properly. As for Intel CPUs not needing paste and AMD ones do - rubbish. All stock CPU heatsinks have some kind of thermal pad or whatever on them when you get it. If you have replaced it, or whatever and its worn, then regardless of the make of CPU then of course you should put some on. Clean off the leftover old stuff with some isopropyl alcohol then apply a SMALL amount of paste - not big blobs that will ooze all over the place. Its there to help the contact between the CPU and HS surface. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 382305 | 2005-08-20 00:38:00 | Oh the thermal compound (or whatever it is on the bloody thing :waughh: ) wasn't damaged or anything when I looked at it - it was just in a sort of coiny shape, and it was dry. Is it meant to be dry? Because I heard that it's always meant to be moist or something... And about the RAM thing, if it's saying it's not seated properly when it is, does that mean I need a new stick of RAM? |
alexc (8747) | ||
| 382306 | 2005-08-20 00:50:00 | Can you get hold of another known-to-be-good stick of RAM and try that? Just the one. | mark c (247) | ||
| 382307 | 2005-08-20 00:51:00 | RAM not seated correctly. WHich is also the case if you took it out - now it REALLY thinks its not seated properly. As for Intel CPUs not needing paste and AMD ones do - rubbish. All stock CPU heatsinks have some kind of thermal pad or whatever on them when you get it. If you have replaced it, or whatever and its worn, then regardless of the make of CPU then of course you should put some on. Clean off the leftover old stuff with some isopropyl alcohol then apply a SMALL amount of paste - not big blobs that will ooze all over the place. Its there to help the contact between the CPU and HS surface. I know they have thermal pads on them, when u buy them. Well, of course you should put something on it, if there's nothing there, or its worn out! That wasnt the question either. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 382308 | 2005-08-20 02:35:00 | Oh the thermal compound (or whatever it is on the bloody thing :waughh: ) wasn't damaged or anything when I looked at it - it was just in a sort of coiny shape, and it was dry. Is it meant to be dry? Because I heard that it's always meant to be moist or something... And about the RAM thing, if it's saying it's not seated properly when it is, does that mean I need a new stick of RAM? Its dry cause it was attached to the CPU which generates heat. If its intact just use it. Its only a worry if it has started to come off and is all patchy... Maybe you need new ram, but I'd try just reseating it properly first. Make surem you have it the correct way around - the notch should line up with the protrusion in the slot - and the clips should hold it at both end properly - no gold colour connector sticking up out of the slot. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 382309 | 2005-08-20 03:19:00 | Alex, if it's only eight months old, why isn't the seller fixing it? Or did you just buy all the parts and assemble it yourself? If it's doing a POST, the CPU is working . The POST is just a programme stored in the BIOS chip . It can't do anything unless there's a computer to run it . |
Graham L (2) | ||
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