Need some Help

pies

pies

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I'm looking at an old hp computer for some one, it has a pentium four socket 478 and an asus p4g533-la mother board.
The problem is when it turns on it beeps real quick a few times (to quick to count) and then beeps none stop untill its turned off.
If the memory is removed it beeps twice to show its removed.
I changed the cpu already try'd new ram and now am about to try a new psu could the mother board be shot?
thanks
-pies
 
The HP model that is in will be a great help here since most boards found in prebuilt systems are not listed at the Asus support site. For an Award-Pnoenix bios the constant endless loop code points at memory for the most part. A repeating high low type beep indicates cpu failure. The new memory is most likely not compatible with the board seen in that model.
 
The HP model that is in will be a great help here since most boards found in prebuilt systems are not listed at the Asus support site. For an Award-Pnoenix bios the constant endless loop code points at memory for the most part. A repeating high low type beep indicates cpu failure. The new memory is most likely not compatible with the board seen in that model.
 
Thanks for the quick reply
Another thing is it gets to the boot scren but the keyboard wont get power.
And when it says press so and so to enter setup I hit the key and nothing.
It locks me out of bios and everything elese.
The lady had told me one day she turned it on and it randomly did that, she said it never gave her problems before.
I'll try some diffrent memory.
 
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If you can find out the model number the specifications can be look over. Some older boards found in prebuilt systems ran strictly on single not dual sided dimms. Unlike the old Socket A boards used in custom builds here that could run both single and dual sided dimms never mixed the shipset played the importaint role there.
 
Thanks I found some specs and looked at them.
It's a single sided stick of pc2100 and the board supports 1600/2100.
 
Perhaps that board requires dual sided if the new dimm is single sided. With everything now dual sided you don't run into this on any newer boards while older boards were often found to be fussy about what memory went on them. One will use single sided dimms while the next won't.

The memory speed is correct however. But look over the HP informatio carefully to see if there's any notation on single or dual sided requirements. With any prebuild you first need to know the series and model for finding the information on it. Don't feel bad I still have a single sided 1gb dimm of PC3200 in the desk drawer here!

(gee that will never be used :P )
 
That's all you can do! Unlike boards generally found at the support site when looking for something like drivers or the manual to see what that says prebuilds keep things secret except what you find at HP or whoever. For service you go to "them"!
 
The memory the pc came with was single sidded and it tested fine.
Doubble sided didn't work.
Thanks for the help
I'm gona look around ebay for a motherboard.
 
That's no surprise since the older prebuilds used the singe sided value ram and required it as well. You may not find that same Asus model at this point. You run into some other 478 boards even by Asus that was used for a custom case if you don't mind used and not new there.
 
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