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July 17, 2014 8:10:21 AM

Hi, I'm here because my built PC is shutting down by itself. What happens is when it stats, it makes 2 beeps, and about 30 seconds after, it makes 4 beeps, after what it shuts down by itself, I tried with my video card and without it, should I try with my monitor? I just got windows yesterday and i'm afraid to do the code right before my pc shut down or something. I have no thermal glue right now so I can't do anything about the CPU cooler (which is a fan)

my specs;

GRAPHIC CARD: GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 650 Ti OC 1GB GDDR5 2x DVI / HDMI / D-SUB PCI-Express 3.0 Graphics Card Graphics Cards GV-N65TOC-1GI

POWER SUPPLY: Antec VP-450 450 Watt Energy Star Certified Power Supply

MOTHERBOARD: ASUS M5A78L-M LX PLUS AM3+ AMD 760G Micro ATX AMD Motherboard

HARD DISC: Seagate Barracuda 500 GB HDD SATA 6 Gb/s NCQ 16MB Cache 3.5-Inch Internal Bare Drive ST500DM002

OPTICAL DRIVE: Samsung Optical Drive SH-224DB/BEBE

a piece I don't really understand but it's there: Kingston HyperX Blu 8GB (1x8 GB Module) 1600MHz 240-pin DDR3 Non-ECC CL10 Desktop Memory KHX1600C10D3B1/8G

CASE: Rosewill Dual Fans MicroATX Mini Tower Computer Case FBM-01

CPU: AMD FX 4-Core Black Edition FX-4300, FD4300WMHKBOX

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July 17, 2014 8:12:49 AM

Look in the motherboard manual under 'Beep Codes' - it will explain what 4 beeps mean.

More info here: http://www.computerhope.com/beep.htm
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a b U Graphics card
July 17, 2014 8:18:36 AM

2 beeps are not listed[???] the 4 beep maybe the vid card -- have you pulled it out wipe ''golden'' fingers and reinsert it in the slot pull it back out and insert it back in it insure it ''scratches'' in a good contact in the slot??

http://support.asus.com/Troubleshooting/detail.aspx?SLa...
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July 17, 2014 8:28:02 AM

One thing is that the fan at the front of the case DOES NOT work, for some reason I can't plug it anywhere, it's either the fan at the back or the one at the front. I chose the one at the back since it's near the cpu and the power supply (which I guess it's what's heating the most)
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a b U Graphics card
July 17, 2014 8:32:29 AM

so your saying that the fan header on the board don't work with any case fan? or the fan don't work regardless witch header its on?

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July 17, 2014 8:37:47 AM

junkeymonkey said:
so your saying that the fan header on the board don't work with any case fan? or the fan don't work regardless witch header its on?



What i'm saying is that I can plug only one fan, and I chose the one at the back, it's a little bit smaller bur it's the nearest.
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July 17, 2014 8:39:11 AM

Alright, after doing it again, my pc starts, after 5 seconds there is 1 beep, 5 seconds after that beep, there is 4. Then about 15 seconds after the 4 beeps, it shuts down by itself
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a b U Graphics card
July 17, 2014 8:48:30 AM

according to that 2ed link I posted it still may be that case fan or fans unplug them and just have the cpu fan hooked up and see ..

as you can see the one beep passed post then it seems the hw monitor is seeing something wrong [4 beeps] and shutting down
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July 17, 2014 8:55:44 AM

junkeymonkey said:
according to that 2ed link I posted it still may be that case fan or fans unplug them and just have the cpu fan hooked up and see ..

as you can see the one beep passed post then it seems the hw monitor is seeing something wrong [4 beeps] and shutting down


I'll try with my monitor plugged then, not right now, I gotta do something about how frustrated I am (more than a year of saving with my brother, mother etc asking me for money when they had no change)
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a b U Graphics card
July 17, 2014 9:06:07 AM

be cool-- it may be just junk case fans throwing these errors I assume its a new case and you already got a bad fan right off the bat with it so if the fan that seems to work is on the fritz's it may be just sending the board a bad signal
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a b U Graphics card
July 17, 2014 9:11:28 AM

I have no thermal glue right now so I can't do anything about the CPU cooler (which is a fan)

what are you saying here ?? you installed the cooler with out thermal paste??
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July 17, 2014 9:21:43 AM

junkeymonkey said:
I have no thermal glue right now so I can't do anything about the CPU cooler (which is a fan)

what are you saying here ?? you installed the cooler with out thermal paste??


It was pre pasted, I thought about it and maybe there isn't enough paste. about the fan, I tried without it and it still does not work.
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a b U Graphics card
July 17, 2014 9:27:18 AM

well it may be the issue don't know for sure if you got to the bois and watch the monitor in the bios and see what the cpu temp is wile sitting in the bios it may be shooting up real fast if so then you know the paste may need to be replaced [look at your manual to see where the hw monitor is in the bios
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July 17, 2014 11:37:24 AM

Does your rig have any OS on it?
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July 19, 2014 8:24:56 AM

Heres an update, with my monitor, it says NO keyboard detected, please enter settup to recover BIOS settings, CMOS date/time not set, usb device over current status detected. I'm using a DVI cable that I plug at the back of my case.
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July 19, 2014 8:44:16 AM

junkeymonkey said:
put the bios at optimized default set the clock


usb device over current status detected-- this I don't know about but if you set the bios to defult it should bee good [???] if not it may be a bad usb hub on the board
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/314200-30-device-curr...

http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/asus-motherbo...


I don't really know how to change the BIOS, before having that on my screen, I have a little bit of time to boot something if I press delete, but my keyboard doesnt work if I plug it on the front of the case, im going to try the first link you linked
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a b U Graphics card
July 19, 2014 9:04:15 AM

like it said in the link I sent above it may be broken and shorting you may unplug that front usb plug from the board and and hook the k-board to the back usb if its shorting it cant be good for the board
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a b U Graphics card
July 19, 2014 9:05:45 AM

also could the usb plug on the k-board be the issue and has the short in it ??
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July 19, 2014 9:13:45 AM

junkeymonkey said:
also could the usb plug on the k-board be the issue and has the short in it ??


usb device over current status detected disappeared, it says now 10 seond before continuing, after this page, it says reboot and select proper boot device or insert boot media in proper boot device and press a key. I used the newegg video to build my pc, i'll use the same to boot it, I just don't get the message it told me x_x
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a b U Graphics card
July 19, 2014 9:32:41 AM

so now its a merry-go-round of issues hmmm..

I hate to bring this up but my last asus was this way my buddies last asus was this way and his sons last asus was this way all am3+ every time you booted it up it was something it may run fine for a week then it may be bsod ing for the next two days then be fine then wount boot on and on and on ..
my buddy always had built asus but that last one changed his thinking .. I wount look at another one it was my 2ed and my last-- his son said he never seen anything like what his went through to get it to work we all changed out the boards with other brands and reused all the parts from off the asus boards and all work fine on them on issues so I really don't have much good to say about asus at the moment lots of sales hype low on quality in my book

when it one issue coming up it can be tracked down but if it changes as you go then ......
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July 19, 2014 9:38:40 AM

Ok man i was building my pc last week , and my was the same , literly i checked everything. and the problem was with ram. try to run your pc without a ram a check is it working
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a b U Graphics card
July 19, 2014 9:39:20 AM

2 things to look at be sure you did not knock the sata cable loos between the drive and the board and also if you installed windows on the drive and the drive was set to achi check to see if that's did not change if the drive is set up for ahci in the bios and the setting now shows ide or raid it will give that error
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a b U Graphics card
July 19, 2014 9:50:17 AM

looking over the parts you got for that build I don't see anything that look to be out of place for your build should work well together..
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a b U Graphics card
July 19, 2014 10:08:07 AM

what is your bios are you showing on that board??
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July 19, 2014 10:20:58 AM

junkeymonkey said:
what is your bios are you showing on that board??


Fixed, almost everything is okay now, I just don't know what do I need to download but i'll find out eventually :p 
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a b U Graphics card
July 19, 2014 10:30:27 AM

well if its all fine leave it alone for some time and be sure it is.. I asked about the bios seeing that you needed 1201 or newer for that chip but I guess if its good now your ok..

just play with what you got now and see what comes up as you go no need downloading stuff that you may not need and end up back where you just been

Rome was not built in a day
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July 19, 2014 10:34:30 AM

junkeymonkey said:
well if its all fine leave it alone for some time and be sure it is.. I asked about the bios seeing that you needed 1201 or newer for that chip but I guess if its good now your ok..

just play with what you got now and see what comes up as you go no need downloading stuff that you may not need and end up back where you just been

Rome was not built in a day


Ahah yeah, right now the 2 problems I have is that the screen doesn't fill the whole monitor and that I cannot connect to the internet via wifi. I will look more into that.
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a b U Graphics card
July 19, 2014 10:50:09 AM

the screen thing should be you just need to set the card to the monitor wifi what are you using for that? I use a tp link usb and I did ned there driver for it so should be no biggie
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a b U Graphics card
July 20, 2014 1:49:12 PM

how are things looking today??
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