When I try and start my PC it makes a serious list of short beeps it won't stop until I hold the power button the screen stays

eno1986 · Feb 27, 2015

When I try and start my PC it makes a serious list of short beeps it won't stop until I hold the power button the screen stays blank I tried taking out and reinstalling ram and GPU but nothing I have a gigabyte gaming 3 motherboard if that helps

Mattios · Feb 27, 2015

What kind of pattern do the beeps come in? We need to know how many. Provide a recording if possible, or describe them if you can't.

eno1986 · Feb 27, 2015

The beeps don't stop the longest I let it was for about 15 then I powers it off they are all short fast beeps sorry for the bad typing I have to write this on my phone also how do I unchecked the solved button I clicked it by mistake

Vic 40 · Feb 27, 2015

Thee must be a certain rhythm in the beeps,
http://www.computerhope.com/beep.htm

Mattios · Feb 27, 2015

Agreed - they will come in a pattern that indicates exactly what the problem is.

eno1986 · Feb 27, 2015

I will try to post a quick video of the post I don't think its any of those in that list I will try and do that asap

eno1986 · Feb 27, 2015

OK I uploaded a video with the beeps hopefully this will help

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rt6HqrGEes4

Vic 40 · Feb 28, 2015

Looking at the video does it happen after installing that cooler? Maybe reinstall the cooler? see if it touches a component,look if the backplate sits alright.I would let it blow to the rear of the case,right into the back fan.

eno1986 · Feb 28, 2015

Yea I tried switching it to the side to give more space to put back in the ram, but it still makes the same beeping sound even with none of the ram sticks in.

Vic 40 · Feb 28, 2015

Same problem with the stock cooler?

eno1986 · Feb 28, 2015

I will try it again last time when I tried it would just start and loop with no beeps.

I got the same results 1st I tried with no ram and a second time with ram.

Vic 40 · Feb 28, 2015

Do a clear cmos while you're at it and look if you touched something when installing that cooler.Maybe reseat the ram/gpu too.

eno1986 · Feb 28, 2015

if I try and clear my cmos will that void the warranty because you have to take out the battery I don't have my gpu in the computer

Vic 40 · Feb 28, 2015

No it doesn't void warranty and you could use the designated jumper too.You can find which one in the motherboard manual,needs to be moved for probably 5sec.
Set optimal default values after this and check time and date to be sure.

eno1986 · Feb 28, 2015

Thanks, but I found out what the problem was it turns out it is the motherboard I have two faulty ram slots as long as I use the two closest to the CPU it starts fine, but if I use the far ones I get the short beeps. is their away to fix this or am I going to have to RMA the board?

Vic 40 · Feb 28, 2015

Could be motherboard could be cpu which has the memory controller in it.Which board,which cpu?

Seems like one channel isn't working fine,since no beeps with the stock cooler maybe that the cooler isn't tightend correct,to much pressure on one of the corners,you should tighten gently each corner a bit untel the cooler can't move or only just slightly.
Your cooler may be working with a crossbar,tighten each of the two screws just a bit until as described above.

Also maybe that one slot needs to be occupied at all times like the second one counted from the cpu.

eno1986 · Feb 28, 2015

DDR3_1 and DDR3_3 work fine when I switch or try and use the other two I get the beep. I think the cooler was/is fine the beeping might have been caused because I had no ram in at all then I just put one stick in and it worked! then I tried to put in DDR3_2 for duel channel then I got the beep again took it out put it in slot 3 it worked then tried 4 then beeping happen again.

Vic 40 · Feb 28, 2015

What happens when using the second and fourth slot counted from the cpu?

eno1986 · Feb 28, 2015

I didn't try going to try it and ill let you know.

Vic 40 · Feb 28, 2015

Okay.

eno1986 · Feb 28, 2015

when i move the slots to 2nd and 4th I get the fast beeps again

Vic 40 · Feb 28, 2015

Those,according to the manual,should be the ones used first.If the cooler isn't overley tightend and all other options tried maybe indeed rma the motherboard and see.
Xmp was enabled in the bios?
Bios up to date (if needs to be with a new motherboard like that)? Can be done with just working on one stick.
This motherboard? "GA-Z97X-Gaming 3".
Are about my last ideas before suggesting rma.

eno1986 · Feb 28, 2015

OK I will try those, but lets just say my bios is out dated if I get the latest one can that void the warranty if things go bad I never done a bios update before.

That's correct it's a z97x-gaming 3
and xmp is disabled I can't turn it on

Vic 40 · Feb 28, 2015

Updating the bios doesn't void warranty,it might in the worst case "brick" a motherboard,but gigabyte uses boards with two bios chips so when one get's corrupted the other one is there as back up.
It's by now almost impossible to brick a new motherboard,just read the instructions and don't restart until it's done even if it takes a while.

For XMP,it should be possible to enable it.

eno1986 · Mar 1, 2015

XMP is grayed out for me I can't enable it, but I did call amazon their gonna give me a full refund once I ship the board back I went ahead and bought a MSI Z97-Gaming 5 LGA 1150 Intel Z97 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard do you think this was a good buy? I went with this one because I have had MSI motherboards, but on the AMD side and have never gave me any problems.

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