Help!!! Error Problem And I'm Stuck

[Kingy1968]

Hi Guys..

I currently have an Asus P5B Deluxe Mobo and a Q6600 and some Crucial Ballistix 8500 memory running at stock.

The problem I am having is everytime i turn the computer on from scratch I get 1 long beep and 3 short beeps which indicates 64k base memory error.

I originally had the same setup apart from having an E6400 running at stock and I never had this problem with that..

Since I have put this Q6600 in im getting it very regularly and I dont know what can be causing it as on the net it says to reseat the ram or it could be faulty memory.

I havnt got any other chip to try in its place so I cant try anything else.

I have run memtest86 for 3 hours and it passed fine, so I was wondering could the cpu be faulty and cause this problem?

Another problem I have had is that the computer could be on and then the screen on my monitor will come up with Power Saving Mode and I have to physically turn off the pc and then on again to get the picture to come back on.

Has anyone any ideas on what could be causing this as its now doing me head in and I feel like smashing it up.. lol

Thanks guys for anyone who might shed any light on this subject..

Kingy

P.S Forgot to add that I have tried the settings manually with different volts etc... and its still the same.

 

[Kingy1968]

4 Beeps is the system timer failure

1 long and 3 short beeps says its the 64k base memory and others say its conventional/extended memory failure..

http://www.computerhope.com/beep.htm#04

http://www.pchell.com/hardware/beepcodes.shtml

http://www.helpwithpcs.com/upgrading/post-beep-codes.htm



Any Ideas Guys??

 

[Kingy1968]

see above links

 

[Kingy1968]

No 1 long and 3 short... It was one of the first websites that said 64k base memory failure.. but if you check the above link the error im getting is Conventional or extended memory failure...

But as I said earlier it never did this until i put this q6600 chip in....

Thanks

 

[Kingy1968]

have reset bios and still the same..

Will try 1 stick of ram and go from there.

Would the cpu cause conventional/extended ram failure??

 

[Kingy1968]

A breakthrough I'm hoping so...

Just read that the Asus P5B Deluxe is an American Megatrends Ami Bios and not just an Ami Bios..
Heres the site where I found it...

http://www.technick.net/public/code/cp_dpage.php?aiocp_dp=guide_beep_codes

On a standard Ami Bios, bios the 1 long beep and 3 short beeps are conventional/extended memory error..

I just found the American Megatrends Ami Bios 1 long beep and 3 short beeps error code is one of several problems which are

1) The video DAC has failed.
2) the monitor detection process has failed.
3) The video RAM has failed.

But saying that i've also been on a few other sites and they say totally different errors for the ones im getting so im not sure if it is memory of gfx card.. The only thing I can do is that Im going to borrow me m8s card tomorrow and give that a good bashing on me pc to see if it still comes up with the same error.

Thanks