Please Help - can't determine problem!

kmistry · 18 Apr 2006 at 14:24

Hi there all,

i have just connected my friends computer and everything seemed to be working fine

the setup is asrock mobo, 2x512 RAM,athlon 64 3200+, 9600 agp gfx card, 160gb SATA hdd

I started the computer up and it seemed to be working fine, but it didnt make the "beep" sound that computers make when they start until quite a few seconds in......I then proceeded to put in the windows xp CD in the hdd, but the computer kept saying, "insert boot cd or boot floppy" so i disconnected the hdd and checked all the connections (including the dvd rom drive and all was fine), but now the computer on boot, produces a series of 7 'bleeps' and nothing but a blank screen.......HELP!!

If anybody knows what this problem could be then please help, thanks in advance

split · 18 Apr 2006 at 14:32

Beep codes AMI, beep codes award.

Thinks you have AMI according to here.

kmistry · 18 Apr 2006 at 14:40

thanks, but the only problem is i can't even seem to get into the bios screen, plus i dont have a floppy drive for this computer.......

split · 18 Apr 2006 at 14:46

I'm not suggesting you flash the BIOS.

That beep code is very 'could be anything'.

There is a thread on here on the Asrock board with a few problems in it, but you don't say exact board.
Exact board might help, and try it with one stick on ram.

kmistry · 18 Apr 2006 at 14:46

Ok thanks, the actual model is ASRock 939Dual-SATA2 i hope this helps, am just about to try with one stick of RAM, will let you know how it goes, thanks

lee87 · 18 Apr 2006 at 14:48

As the pc was working I doubt anythings broken. Try unplugging everything and just plug in the cpu, gfx and ram and see if it boots.

You may have knocked the motherboard and created a short, try booting the pc with the motherboard outside of the case.

kmistry · 18 Apr 2006 at 14:55

hmm, looks like it might hvae been shorting somewhere, so im gonna take ** advice dude, and re-plug everything in again, and hopefully this will help, will let you know how it goes....

split · 18 Apr 2006 at 15:00

The thread on that board is here...it's huge

I seem to recall reading about a failure to boot (may have been after BIOS flash) but it's worth checking it out.

kmistry · 18 Apr 2006 at 15:13

thanks guys

glenimp617 · 18 Apr 2006 at 16:42

Disconnect all cables from the back, run the system with:

Mobo
Cpu
1 stick RAM
Graphics
PS2 Keyboard

No hdd, floppy, cdrom, mouse etc etc

see if u can get into the bios and load setup defaults. Reboot, configure the bios and reboot again. See how it feels. If all ok, put everything back one at a time.