Just finished building my first PC two days ago, but I cannot get it to post. The case turns on, lights up, mobo gets powered, fans and hdd go, but nothing comes up on the monitor. I am getting a beep code of one beep that lasts for one second and occurs once every three seconds, on a continuous loop. On the awards bios this is a memory issue I believe, but I have done everything imaginable with the memory for no result. This has stumped the techpc forums, and the ocforums, but maybe one of you knows the solution. If so ill send you a meager 5 dollars through paypal, which you can use to buy yourself a cookie or something.
Things I have tried:
1. Checked all wires
2. Reseating RAM
3. Switching DIMM's, one and two at a time
4. Rechecked mainboard standoffs
5. Took out and put back in vid card
6. Tried with only mainboard, video card, memory, and hd
Things ruled out:
1. Electrostatic Damage
2. Mainboard is properly on standoffs
3. PSU is good
My system:
AMD 3700+ (1MB Clawhammer)
Soltek K8N2E-GR Nvidia 3 250gb Mainboard (754 socket)
XFX 128mb Geforce 6600GT
WD 80GB SATA
1GB Corsair VS RAM (unbuffered, dual channel) (ya i know 754 cant utilize dual channel, but it was cheaper to buy the dual channel).
Things I have tried:
1. Checked all wires
2. Reseating RAM
3. Switching DIMM's, one and two at a time
4. Rechecked mainboard standoffs
5. Took out and put back in vid card
6. Tried with only mainboard, video card, memory, and hd
Things ruled out:
1. Electrostatic Damage
2. Mainboard is properly on standoffs
3. PSU is good
My system:
AMD 3700+ (1MB Clawhammer)
Soltek K8N2E-GR Nvidia 3 250gb Mainboard (754 socket)
XFX 128mb Geforce 6600GT
WD 80GB SATA
1GB Corsair VS RAM (unbuffered, dual channel) (ya i know 754 cant utilize dual channel, but it was cheaper to buy the dual channel).