PC makes 1 long beep and 2 short beeps, no display signal. HELP!

Decane · *Last edited by Decane; 05-01-2006 at 14:06.*

Okay, here's what happened. I touched some of those black square shaped things on my motherboard and also on my 6800GT pci-e video card while the pc was still on.I looked back up at my monitor, and I noticed that it was black and also the music which was playing before had stopped playing. I paniced and turned off the pc and tried to boot but it only gave me 1 long beep followed quickly by 2 short ones and a black screen. all the fans were blowing but the screen was black.. I have an asus a8n-sli deluxe mb... HELP ME PLEASE!!!

Decane · 05-01-2006, 14:06 | posts: 5,000 | Location: Finland

Help!!!

Decane · 05-01-2006, 14:24 | posts: 5,000 | Location: Finland

:bump:

ShádyGuy · 05-01-2006, 15:20 | posts: 65 | Location: Shreveport,La

what did you touch them with ? and did you have a wrist strap on ?

Decane · *Last edited by Decane; 05-01-2006 at 15:40.*

I touched them with my bare finger and i didn't have a "wrist-strap".... I did ground myself before touching it though....

It just died on me..... I can't believe this. I googled my problem and nobody seems to have a solution... it is something called "post code" (?), and it indicates that there's something wrong with my GFX card, so i tried taking out my vid card and booted, but my problem persisted!

So i then reseated my gfx card and same thing when i tried to boot. I also took out my ram dimm in slot a1, and tried to boot with the ram dimm in b1, but the same problem persisted. I think my motherboard died

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llerenaprincipe · 05-01-2006, 15:39 | posts: 7,506 | Location: Carrollton,Ky

wa yoru hand sweaty??
how did you touch them
can you show us a pic of the black squared shaped things??

Decane · *Last edited by Decane; 05-01-2006 at 15:47.*

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Originally Posted by llerenaprincipe

wa yoru hand sweaty??
how did you touch them
can you show us a pic of the black squared shaped things??

No my hands weren't sweaty and the black things are those "chips" on the motherboard. I touched three of them and also three black things on my vid card. I suppose that 2 of them are my memory's voltage regulators. This sucks. I'm gonna have to rma my mb

. And no, I don't have a pic to show you guys, but all motherboards have those black chip thingies on them. I don't know hoiw this can happen. Just this morning i was perfectly happy with my computer and chatting on this forum and now it won't even boot correctly. All fans do come onb though and my hard drive is also working, but the beep thing comes after about 3-4 seconds after i oush the power on button of my pc, and no signal on my monitor.

llerenaprincipe · 05-01-2006, 15:48 | posts: 7,506 | Location: Carrollton,Ky

does the keyboard lights up??
or the beeps are before

Decane · 05-01-2006, 15:52 | posts: 5,000 | Location: Finland

Quote:

Originally Posted by llerenaprincipe

does the keyboard lights up??
or the beeps are before

no the keyboar doesnt light up the sound comes before that

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llerenaprincipe · 05-01-2006, 15:55 | posts: 7,506 | Location: Carrollton,Ky

ahh this might help
its gotta be a problem before POST checks the vid card or the keyboard
here
http://www.antionline.com/showthread...hreadid=155340
beeps mean something read that link

Decane · 05-01-2006, 16:01 | posts: 5,000 | Location: Finland

Quote:

Originally Posted by llerenaprincipe

ahh this might help
its gotta be a problem before POST checks the vid card or the keyboard
here
http://www.antionline.com/showthread...hreadid=155340
beeps mean something read that link

"Two Beeps --- Parity Error --- A parity error was detected in the base memory."

What the heck does that mean???

KoukiFC3S · 05-01-2006, 16:15 | posts: 361

Try to boot with just the minimal components and reset your CMOS.

Decane · *Last edited by Decane; 05-01-2006 at 16:43.*

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Originally Posted by KoukiFC3S

Try to boot with just the minimal components and reset your CMOS.

I don't know how to reset cmos, and to be honest i don't even know what it is, but i think that tomorrow i'll call the pc store where i bought my pc from a year ago, and ask them what can be done. I'm probably gonna end up transporting my pc tho them so they can fix it.... ****! God **** it!

I'm frustrated...

I'm currently using my dad's laptop, but this thing is only good for surfing and writing, and that's gonna end too since i'm on wireless internet which requires 1 master computer, and that just happens to be the one i just broke 2 hours ago

. I never thought that something like this could happen to me... I always kind of ignored the possibility that something might brake inside my pc... Until of course i learned the lesson the hard way..

Anyone else have any idea what this could be ? What part do you guys think malfunctioned? I'm guessing the motherboard...

llerenaprincipe · 05-01-2006, 16:38 | posts: 7,506 | Location: Carrollton,Ky

the BIOS jumpers are very small and they miht be near the CMOS battery
3 pins thats what it is, pin 1, 2, 3
if its in pin 1 and 2, put it in pin 2 and 3
thats how you clear the bios
use google

KoukiFC3S · 05-01-2006, 16:41 | posts: 361

Check your mobo manual. It tells you how to reset the CMOS there.

Gump · 05-01-2006, 16:42 | posts: 655

Quote:

Originally Posted by Arzek

"Two Beeps --- Parity Error --- A parity error was detected in the base memory."

What the heck does that mean???

That would be RAM, but you said 1 long and 2 short: That is what used to be your videocard.

Link to codes: http://www.bioscentral.com/beepcodes/amibeep.htm

Decane · *Last edited by Decane; 05-01-2006 at 16:50.*

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gump

That would be RAM, but you said 1 long and 2 short: That is what used to be your videocard.

Link to codes: http://www.bioscentral.com/beepcodes/amibeep.htm

I know, and it was 1 long followed by 2 short. And i dont think its my gfx card since i removed and tried to boot without it and the same thing occured. I also tried to take out my 512mb ram dimm in slot a1 and tried to boot with one stick in b1, but the same problem persisted. I didn't try to boot with the dimm that was originally in slot a1 though. It may be that the dimm in b1 is faulty... but i'm not risking damaging my pc even more because of my own incompetence... ill make a professional find out what's wrong with my pc...

Gump · 05-01-2006, 16:50 | posts: 655

You cannot boot without a working graphics card.
If it gives the same error with it in, as well as with it out, then it is not seeing your graphics card.

ShádyGuy · 05-01-2006, 16:56 | posts: 65 | Location: Shreveport,La

if you got an extra card laying around put it in and see what happens

dan182 · 05-01-2006, 17:02 | posts: 573 | Location: Suffolk, England

in all honesty professionals woudl probably just do the exact saem thinsg these guys are telling you, but i guess atleast if somethign futher goes wrong you can blame them

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Decane · 05-01-2006, 17:05 | posts: 5,000 | Location: Finland

Quote:

Originally Posted by ShádyGuy

if you got an extra card laying around put it in and see what happens

I dont have any previous cards and all my friends have agp machines.

I'm gonna go frantic if this problem isnt fixed in the next two weeks. I was supposed to get my 7900GT in just acouple days too!!!

This sucks...

Decane · 05-01-2006, 17:07 | posts: 5,000 | Location: Finland

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gump

You cannot boot without a working graphics card.
If it gives the same error with it in, as well as with it out, then it is not seeing your graphics card.

So does that mean that the problem must be either connected to my video card or to my mb ? Cause if it's my CPU I'm screwed.

Decane · 05-01-2006, 17:12 | posts: 5,000 | Location: Finland

guys, is it possible that i may have short-circuited my mb when i touched it?

llerenaprincipe · 05-01-2006, 17:12 | posts: 7,506 | Location: Carrollton,Ky

can be either the moemory or the vid card
try with other memory

Decane · 05-01-2006, 17:18 | posts: 5,000 | Location: Finland

Quote:

Originally Posted by llerenaprincipe

can be either the moemory or the vid card
try with other memory

but i dont have other memory...