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I decided to build a computer and all the parts came in yesterday So i started to put it all together. I put everything where they are supposed to go and turned it on and the fan turned on and stuff. Then I listened for the BIOS beep and it had 1 continous beep and 4 short, so i know there is a component failure but i cant tell which part, all the fans works, the CD drive opens and closes. I just cant see the hard drive or the APU, or the RAM and see if they are working. So my question is what might not be working and how can i fix it if i can fix it? also for the Thermal paste, does it need to cover the whole CPU or just the center. My list of Components are this.
Case: Rosewill Galaxy 03
CPU: APU AMD A8 660K
Hard Disk: Seagate Barrucuda 1 TB
CPU Cooler: Cooler Master Hyper T4
Motherboard: A88X-Pro
Power Supply: Corsair CX 430 Bronze 80+
GPU: XFX - Radeon R 7750 Core Edition 2GB DDR3 (also if there is a GPU for about the same price and is better plz tell me}
Thermal Paste: Arctic Silver High-Density Polysynthetic Silver Thermal Compound
The CD Drive is just a $20 ASUS CD Drive, nothing too special.
OS: Microsoft Windows Home Premium (not installed yet)
Also if there is something better I could have used instead of what I used plz tell Me this is my first build! I have a friend near by that works on computer is his shop, so if y'all need to like look at it to fix it I can fall back on him. Thanks AloT!
 
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t-richards
Since it's been a few months, I assume you've probably figured out your build issues. As for everyone else, here's my personal experience with this problem:

I just built a machine with an ASUS A88X Pro Motherboard + AMD A10 processor. When powering it on for the first time, I got no video output, and it gave me a very similar beep code (instead of a 1-4 sequence, mine sounded a 1-4-1 sequence). I still can't find any documentation on what that last beep might mean. As you all know, the ASUS forums are too slow to work with, and the manual doesn't have anything beyond "hardware component failure". In any case, I was eventually able to figure out the failing piece and get it working.

Instructions:

Ultimately, do all of the tasks...
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Yes I know the beeps mean there is a component failure but i dont know which piece is broken.

 
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Since it's been a few months, I assume you've probably figured out your build issues. As for everyone else, here's my personal experience with this problem:

I just built a machine with an ASUS A88X Pro Motherboard + AMD A10 processor. When powering it on for the first time, I got no video output, and it gave me a very similar beep code (instead of a 1-4 sequence, mine sounded a 1-4-1 sequence). I still can't find any documentation on what that last beep might mean. As you all know, the ASUS forums are too slow to work with, and the manual doesn't have anything beyond "hardware component failure". In any case, I was eventually able to figure out the failing piece and get it working.

Instructions:

Ultimately, do all of the tasks in the PERFORM THESE STEPS thread that animal mentioned above:

  • ■ Make sure all cables everywhere are connected properly
    ■ Power on with 0, 1, ..., N sticks of ram
    ■ Power on with 0, 1, ..., N graphics cards connected
    ■ Power on with 0, 1, ..., N hard drives connected
    ■ Reset CMOS
    ■ Reset CMOS with battery removed
If you get through all that and it still doesn't boot, you've really narrowed it down to two things: it's either the CPU or the motherboard. Is your motherboard is able to power on, blink lights, and give beep codes? If so, you've probably got a bad processor.

In my case, the processor box showed more signs of rough handling than all the other parts combined. Sure enough, I ordered a replacement processor and installed it - all is well and the machine boots fine.

Some final notes on the A88X Pro:

  • ■ After installing the replacement processor, I had to power cycle once or twice to get past the lingering beep code.
    ■ If you have a PCIe graphics card installed, the motherboard will use it by default, giving you no output from the onboard video connectors.
 
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Actually I did not post on here that I did fix it, but the last step of what t-richards said worked. The first time I did what the MOBO manual said and connected those two pins, didn't work, and then removed the battery and reset the CMOS. Now my computer works like a dream!
 
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