KevFromny

Hello, I need some help. I recently upgraded some parts on my Desktop and now my PC wont boot. I didnt change everything But I did upgrade my motherboard to a ASUS A8N32-SLI Delux,my CPU to a AMD Athlon 64 and installed 2gb of Corsair memory , up from 1 Gb. When I hit the power button all the fans come on and everything gets power and lights ups but it will not boot and nothing comes on the monitor. I checked the monitor and it works. Now sometimes when I press the power button I get 3 beeps in a row, but not everytime so Im not sure what that means. I read in the motherboard manual that it is recommended that you use atleast a 500watt power suply and I have a 450 watt , so I upgraded to a 600watt now the problem I have with that is my DV rom and DVD burner is not getting power for some reason. Can anyone give me any suggestions or help because Im totaly lost. Thanks

Altanore

First off, check your manual that came with the motherboard. The 3 beeps are trying to tell you something. Look in the manual for what they mean... it will tell you what the problem is.

EDIT: did the research for you:

AMI BIOS Beep Codes:

Beeps


Error Message


Description
1 short DRAM refresh failure The programmable interrupt timer or programmable interrupt controller has probably failed

2 short Memory parity error A memory parity error has occurred in the first 64K of RAM. The RAM IC is probably bad

3 short Base 64K memory failure A memory failure has occurred in the first 64K of RAM. The RAM IC is probably bad

4 short System timer failure The system clock/timer IC has failed or there is a memory error in the first bank of memory

5 short Processor error The system CPU has failed

6 short Gate A20 failure The keyboard controller IC has failed, which is not allowing Gate A20 to switch the processor to protected mode. Replace the keyboard controller

7 short Virtual mode processor exception error The CPU has generated an exception error because of a fault in the CPU or motherboard circuitry

8 short Display memory read/write error The system video adapter is missing or defective

9 short ROM checksum error The contents of the system BIOS ROM does not match the
expected checksum value. The BIOS ROM is probably defective and should be replaced

10 short CMOS shutdown register read/write error The shutdown for the CMOS has failed

11 short Cache error The L2 cache is faulty

1 long, 2 short Failure in video system An error was encountered in the video BIOS ROM, or a horizontal retrace failure has been encountered

1 long, 3 short Memory test failure A fault has been detected in memory above 64KB

1 long, 8 short Display test failure The video adapter is either missing or defective

2 short POST Failure One of the hardware testa have failed

1 long POST has passed all tests

Your motherboard does have the AMI bios.


According to this (depending on the length of each beep), it looks like your ram is faulty...

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Processor: AMD Athlon64 3200+ S939
Ram: 2x 1GB PC3200 Corsair DDR @dual Channel
Video Card: PCI express ATI Radeon X800XL 256mb DDR3 *Overclocked*
Motherboard: MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum
Drive: LG 16x16 DL DVD±RW w/Light Scribe
Hard Drive: Western Digital Sata 120GB 7200rpm, 2x Seagate 320GB 7200RPM 16MB SATA II, WD 150GB Raptor 10k RPM, SATA, 250GB Lacie External HD
Sound: Sound Blaster X-Fi Fatal1ty FPS
Power Supply: Enermax 535W FMA2
Cooling: Many fans, Thermaltake Bigwater SE.

Bobo

Well it could also be a video failure. I think that this is more likely, because the system is (seemingly) working, but nothing is coming on the screen (if I understand correctly)