following this for a while ... but On 12/15/2014 02:43 PM, Matt Tucci wrote: > 3 beeps, no ram installed, won't be any video because it still hasn't > booted to bios. Incompatible ram seems like it could be your issue, but 2
that is not correct. PCs do not boot into BIOS. BIOS is the code that runs self tests and initiate bootup from the selected peripheral. Some advanced BIOS boot mini version of Linux but that's not common unfortunately. Blame Microsoft. It's the BIOS code that makes beeps when self test detects an error. Beeps are somewhat standard. http://www.biosflash.com/e/bios-beeps.htm > bad motherboards out of the box? I have never had one out of the box bad in > 25 years. Anytime something was screwed up, it was something I did. Also > Keep in mind that some motherboards want a certain wattage Power Supply. My That statement is inaccurate. All motherboards require "certain wattage" whatever that be. It all depends on the chipset, type of memory and CPU. What's also important is peripherals such as disk drives, internal tape drives, video cards, etc. > Daughter built a computer last year, i gave her a P.S. (450 watts), I had > and it wouldn't boot, it was 50 watts less than the MB recommended, went to > microcenter got a 700 watt and it has been fine. Good Luck. That's suspicious to me. My system with 4 core CPU, 12 GB of memory, and Nvidia video card is happy with 450W PSU. Unless that PC has more stuff in it, 450W should be sufficient. I work with 1U or 2U servers here and there and they do not use that much power, over 450W, with 2 multicore CPUs. http://extreme.outervision.com/PSUEngine > > On Sun, Dec 14, 2014 at 3:11 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> On Sun, 14 Dec 2014, jrmitchellj . wrote: >> >>> In the past, some of the motherboards I have bought came with the CMOS >>> jumper in the reset position. That holds the system settings in a >> cleared >>> and won't allow the system to start. You may want to check for that. >>> >>> Ray >>> >>> --J. Ray Mitchell Jr. >>> [email protected] >>> (818)324-7573 Mixing old memory with new motherboard is most likely the issue here. Make sure you have memory type that manual recommends and your PC will help you cut material soon. -- Rafael ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download BIRT iHub F-Type - The Free Enterprise-Grade BIRT Server from Actuate! Instantly Supercharge Your Business Reports and Dashboards with Interactivity, Sharing, Native Excel Exports, App Integration & more Get technology previously reserved for billion-dollar corporations, FREE http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=164703151&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
