- Jun 11, 2013
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Started new build in safe mode
Started out with a new build that had been up and running very well. Was trying to get screen to fill monitor and had been unsuccessful. My next step was to start in safe mode in order to try a procedure and it never came back.
Upon restarting I received 5 short beeps. ASRock defines that as a VGA problem. I replaced the CPU (CPU + GPU chip) with an upgrade to an A10 5800K, and that took care of the 5 short beeps on startup. However I still had/have a black screen and no post beep.
Here’s my original troubleshooting steps after changing out CPU to clear 5 short beeps and what happens:
1. Push power button and board comes alive, all fans operating normally. Monitor registers that something has changed but it receives nothing and no post beep. Shutdown.
2. Push power button and board comes alive, continue pushing F2. I receive 1 post beep and bios comes up on monitor. BIOS shows that it recognizes all of the hardware components. Reset BIOS to factory settings.
3. Push power button and board comes alive, all fans operating normally. Monitor registers that something has changed but it receives nothing and no post beep. Same on consequent efforts.
Here’s my set up on the original build:
ASRock FM2 A75 Pro4-M micro ATX (p1.90-15a)
AMD A4 5300 Trinity (since updated to A10 5800K)
4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3 1600 GSkill Ripjaws
Diablotek PHD Series 380W Micro ATX PSU (don’t judge me)
Samsung 840 series 120GB SSD
Windows 8 64
Silverstone Sugo series SG09B case
HDMI setup on ASUS monitor
External DVD drive only for use in setup
This started out being a minimal setup to play Rocksmith on the go. I began ordering replacement parts to determine what the problem is and now have a substantial investment. Below is the parts list of the swap out stuff. The result is an entirely new build on a breadboard start up. The results are exactly the same.
ASRock FM2 A75 Pro4-M micro ATX (p2.00-15b)
AMD A10 5800K Trinity (was installed on original board)
4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3 1600 GSkill Ripjaws (new)
SeaSonic M12ll 620W Bronze ATX PSU
Results:
4. Short power pins and board comes alive, all fans operating normally. Monitor registers that something has changed but it receives nothing and no post beep.
5. Short power pins and board comes alive, continue pushing F2. I receive 1 post beep and bios comes up on monitor. BIOS shows that it recognizes all of the hardware components but still no change on consequent efforts.
I have also unplugged everything on the board except for CPU and HSF as suggested in the tutorial by Tom’s Monitor on “PERFORM THESE STEPS before posting about POST/boot/no video problems” and still get no trouble shooting beeps. Which he suggests again is a problem, to quote jsc “in probable order, a bad PSU, motherboard, or CPU”. I also performed all other steps in that tutorial.
I have considered the fact that some of my new parts may be defective too but where do I start to check? It’s maddening. Does anyone have any other steps that I could do to troubleshoot 2 systems not posting?
Started out with a new build that had been up and running very well. Was trying to get screen to fill monitor and had been unsuccessful. My next step was to start in safe mode in order to try a procedure and it never came back.
Upon restarting I received 5 short beeps. ASRock defines that as a VGA problem. I replaced the CPU (CPU + GPU chip) with an upgrade to an A10 5800K, and that took care of the 5 short beeps on startup. However I still had/have a black screen and no post beep.
Here’s my original troubleshooting steps after changing out CPU to clear 5 short beeps and what happens:
1. Push power button and board comes alive, all fans operating normally. Monitor registers that something has changed but it receives nothing and no post beep. Shutdown.
2. Push power button and board comes alive, continue pushing F2. I receive 1 post beep and bios comes up on monitor. BIOS shows that it recognizes all of the hardware components. Reset BIOS to factory settings.
3. Push power button and board comes alive, all fans operating normally. Monitor registers that something has changed but it receives nothing and no post beep. Same on consequent efforts.
Here’s my set up on the original build:
ASRock FM2 A75 Pro4-M micro ATX (p1.90-15a)
AMD A4 5300 Trinity (since updated to A10 5800K)
4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3 1600 GSkill Ripjaws
Diablotek PHD Series 380W Micro ATX PSU (don’t judge me)
Samsung 840 series 120GB SSD
Windows 8 64
Silverstone Sugo series SG09B case
HDMI setup on ASUS monitor
External DVD drive only for use in setup
This started out being a minimal setup to play Rocksmith on the go. I began ordering replacement parts to determine what the problem is and now have a substantial investment. Below is the parts list of the swap out stuff. The result is an entirely new build on a breadboard start up. The results are exactly the same.
ASRock FM2 A75 Pro4-M micro ATX (p2.00-15b)
AMD A10 5800K Trinity (was installed on original board)
4GB (2 x 2GB) DDR3 1600 GSkill Ripjaws (new)
SeaSonic M12ll 620W Bronze ATX PSU
Results:
4. Short power pins and board comes alive, all fans operating normally. Monitor registers that something has changed but it receives nothing and no post beep.
5. Short power pins and board comes alive, continue pushing F2. I receive 1 post beep and bios comes up on monitor. BIOS shows that it recognizes all of the hardware components but still no change on consequent efforts.
I have also unplugged everything on the board except for CPU and HSF as suggested in the tutorial by Tom’s Monitor on “PERFORM THESE STEPS before posting about POST/boot/no video problems” and still get no trouble shooting beeps. Which he suggests again is a problem, to quote jsc “in probable order, a bad PSU, motherboard, or CPU”. I also performed all other steps in that tutorial.
I have considered the fact that some of my new parts may be defective too but where do I start to check? It’s maddening. Does anyone have any other steps that I could do to troubleshoot 2 systems not posting?
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