- Mar 30, 2014
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Hi Everyone,
When booting my brand new system I hear 5 short beeps after boot, but only when I have my monitor connected to the HDMI port. And it actually boots fine after those 5 beeps, everything seems to be in working order, but the beeps seem to indicate some kind of hardware problem nonetheless.
When I connect the same monitor to the DVI port of my (only) graphics card, it boots fine, and without the beeps.
My system:
• Graphx: Radeon HD 7750 RoyalQueen Passive
• CPU: FX-8320
• Power: AP-550, 550 Watts
• Mobo: 990FX Extreme3, socket AM3+
• Memory: 8 GB DDR3-1600 Kit (2x 4 GB)
• Monitor: Eizo FlexScan HD2441W
I tried booting with another graphics card (HD 6800 series) of mine, and I see the same symptoms: it boots fine with my monitor connected to the DVI port, but gives of 5 beeps after boot when I connect to the HDMI port. When I use the same monitor and HD 6800 graphics card on my old system, it boots fine with the monitor connected to the HDMI port.
So it doesn't seem to be a graphics card issue, but rather a motherboard issue maybe? Or at least with this new system of mine with the above specs.
I've reseated the graphic cards of course. I've moved the card to another PCI express slot (both cards I mentioned, actually), I've reseated RAM, and booted with just one RAM, I interchanged the RAM positions. Just to be sure.
Since the beeps only are heard when I connect to the HDMI port, this instruction doesn't seem relevant:
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/261145-31-perform-steps-posting-post-boot-video-problems
I've checked out other similar posts on this forum, but they don't seem to apply to my problem, for instance:
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-1652475/asrock-970-extreme3-am3-wont-post-beeps-video.html
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-1890582/amd-integrated-video-card-beep-display.html
.. these guys actually have *no* video.
I *do* have video, on both DVI and HDMI.
But the beeps?
According to ASRock documentation, and also this site:
http://www.biosflash.com/e/bios-beeps.htm
'5 short beeps' means 'Process failure'. Which doesn't tell me enough about what's causing this, and what I could try next, or which part I should send back.
Any suggestions would be much appreciated!
Thanks!
Gary.
When booting my brand new system I hear 5 short beeps after boot, but only when I have my monitor connected to the HDMI port. And it actually boots fine after those 5 beeps, everything seems to be in working order, but the beeps seem to indicate some kind of hardware problem nonetheless.
When I connect the same monitor to the DVI port of my (only) graphics card, it boots fine, and without the beeps.
My system:
• Graphx: Radeon HD 7750 RoyalQueen Passive
• CPU: FX-8320
• Power: AP-550, 550 Watts
• Mobo: 990FX Extreme3, socket AM3+
• Memory: 8 GB DDR3-1600 Kit (2x 4 GB)
• Monitor: Eizo FlexScan HD2441W
I tried booting with another graphics card (HD 6800 series) of mine, and I see the same symptoms: it boots fine with my monitor connected to the DVI port, but gives of 5 beeps after boot when I connect to the HDMI port. When I use the same monitor and HD 6800 graphics card on my old system, it boots fine with the monitor connected to the HDMI port.
So it doesn't seem to be a graphics card issue, but rather a motherboard issue maybe? Or at least with this new system of mine with the above specs.
I've reseated the graphic cards of course. I've moved the card to another PCI express slot (both cards I mentioned, actually), I've reseated RAM, and booted with just one RAM, I interchanged the RAM positions. Just to be sure.
Since the beeps only are heard when I connect to the HDMI port, this instruction doesn't seem relevant:
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/261145-31-perform-steps-posting-post-boot-video-problems
I've checked out other similar posts on this forum, but they don't seem to apply to my problem, for instance:
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-1652475/asrock-970-extreme3-am3-wont-post-beeps-video.html
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-1890582/amd-integrated-video-card-beep-display.html
.. these guys actually have *no* video.
I *do* have video, on both DVI and HDMI.
But the beeps?
According to ASRock documentation, and also this site:
http://www.biosflash.com/e/bios-beeps.htm
'5 short beeps' means 'Process failure'. Which doesn't tell me enough about what's causing this, and what I could try next, or which part I should send back.
Any suggestions would be much appreciated!
Thanks!
Gary.
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