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when I boot my pc I'm getting 5 beeps but windows is still starting up any ideas?
5 beeps on boot?
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Soldato
Can you post you spec?
sorry.
i7 2600 k
asrock Z68 extreme 4 gen 3
G-skill 1600 ram 2x4 gb
amd 6970
samsung 830 ssd
corsair 850w psu
win 8.1
i7 2600 k
asrock Z68 extreme 4 gen 3
G-skill 1600 ram 2x4 gb
amd 6970
samsung 830 ssd
corsair 850w psu
win 8.1
Caporegime
only thing out of those components I can think of would be if your 6970 was a flashed 6950
it might cause you issues,apart from that it could be bios or voltage related,using latest mb bios might help
it might cause you issues,apart from that it could be bios or voltage related,using latest mb bios might help
Thats what caused the beeps updating to 2.30
would i be able to go back to a previous bios v
would i be able to go back to a previous bios v
Caporegime
yeah you can flash to your prev bios
Yes. just gone back to 2.20 but still getting 5 beeps
also the 6970 is a flashed 6950 but flipping the dual bios switch changed nothing.
also the 6970 is a flashed 6950 but flipping the dual bios switch changed nothing.
Associate
Check this forum post out:
http://forums.tweaktown.com/asrock/48988-z68-pro3-m-5-beeps-after-2-2-bios-if-no-mon-dsub.html
Seems it may depend on what VGA output you're using?
http://forums.tweaktown.com/asrock/48988-z68-pro3-m-5-beeps-after-2-2-bios-if-no-mon-dsub.html
Seems it may depend on what VGA output you're using?
Thanks for the link but im only using HDMI and still get the beeps when using card or onboard.
Ive now stripped it all out and put it all back to still getting the beeps, Very curious
all from a bios update
Ive now stripped it all out and put it all back to still getting the beeps, Very curious
all from a bios update
Good call.
You are correct I plugged a dsub monitor in and no beeps. Any ideas how i can just run my HDTV without using both monitors?
Associate
Maybe try disabling onboard graphics and set the gfx boot to PCI only?
Update.
well I got it sorted out after a while, removed everything bar ram, plugged in an old dsub monitor and no beeps. So i could run two monitors from onboard graphics and and the beeps were gone and the bios displayed the correct size, but as soon as i took out the dsub I got the over sized bios screen and 5 beeps again.
so after a lot of tweaking in the bios putting pci-e cards in and out I gave up in the end thought I would just take out the motherboard speaker so I could not hear the beeps, I could live with an oversized bios screen as long as windows loaded correctly. So i put everything back together went to the Asrock support page and downloaded all win 8 drivers again and installed them all afresh just in case any had been corrupted while swapping out disks an pci-e cards and windows not loading because the bios had defaulted back to IDE and so-on and so-on. After all were installed I rebooted and NO BEEPS (WHAT! had I plugged the dsub back in NO! had i already took the speaker off the mobo NO! so I rebooted into the bios and all was good
So how I fixed it is any ones guess
The only thing I changed inside the PC was to move my tv card from one pci-e slot to another.
The only other thing I can think of is when I downloaded the windows 8 drivers it updated drivers to accommodate for Ivybridge and that corrected the fault in the bios somehow.
Anyway I contacted Asrock support and told them the problem I had and they said update to BIOS L2.31A Beta.
well I got it sorted out after a while, removed everything bar ram, plugged in an old dsub monitor and no beeps. So i could run two monitors from onboard graphics and and the beeps were gone and the bios displayed the correct size, but as soon as i took out the dsub I got the over sized bios screen and 5 beeps again.
so after a lot of tweaking in the bios putting pci-e cards in and out I gave up in the end thought I would just take out the motherboard speaker so I could not hear the beeps, I could live with an oversized bios screen as long as windows loaded correctly. So i put everything back together went to the Asrock support page and downloaded all win 8 drivers again and installed them all afresh just in case any had been corrupted while swapping out disks an pci-e cards and windows not loading because the bios had defaulted back to IDE and so-on and so-on. After all were installed I rebooted and NO BEEPS (WHAT! had I plugged the dsub back in NO! had i already took the speaker off the mobo NO! so I rebooted into the bios and all was good
So how I fixed it is any ones guess
The only thing I changed inside the PC was to move my tv card from one pci-e slot to another.
The only other thing I can think of is when I downloaded the windows 8 drivers it updated drivers to accommodate for Ivybridge and that corrected the fault in the bios somehow.
Anyway I contacted Asrock support and told them the problem I had and they said update to BIOS L2.31A Beta.