PC Unidentifiable Issues [BIOS, Beeping, and More!] *Please Help!*

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Hey all,
So, recently I purchased a Samsung EVO 850 250 GB SSD for my PC. I fit it in, transferred my programs and OS from my old HDD, and wiped my HDD. Everything was great. Then, I decided that I would enable AHCI (Or at least, I think it's AHCI. I can't check now.). So, like an idiot. I restart my PC (WITHOUT CHANGING ANYTHING). I hear beeping noises. I go ahead and open her up, and clean out some of the parts. I start it up no problem, and then hit BIOS options. There are 3 options relating to SATA and whatnot somehow (as I said, I don't know what they were). All I know is that they were all set on IDE, and that was not good. Not sure. Samsung juts said that AHCI (or at least I think the setting was called ACHI). So, I change all of them to AHCI.
I restart my PC and it's just constant beeping. It's like 50 micro, high pitched beeps, then 2 seconds of silence, and repeat. I've tested every component in my PC and it just keeps doing that. It won't display anything on the monitors. I've swapped out GPUs, tried different expansion slots, tested every RAM module, everything. I'm convinced it's related to my change in BIOS (which I did without any prior anything within Windows.) WHAT DO I DO?! If you need more information, go ahead and ask below.
Please guys, my rig won't run! D:

EDIT: The motherboard is the Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD4P
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To summarize what I've managed to conclude from tips that were given to me as of 8.21.15 -
GPU is fine
RAM is fine
CMOS is wiped, shouldn't affect anything
Power is fine
CPU cooler runs fine (haven't investigated the CPU fully because I own no thermal paste)
SSD & HDD aren't creating the issue

EDIT: I am now 90% sure my PC just does not work. Thanks to everyone who tried to help, but the PC cannot be fixed.
 
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Ok, first of all calm down. I can think of one strong possible cause, and several weaker, but plausible causes.

So what we're going to do is stop flailing around trying different fixes and take this step by step.


What you're gonna do is something called "breadboarding"
1) unplug everything from your motherboard, except for the speaker making the beeping noise. make sure to mark in your mind where the case "power" switch plugs into
2) removed the motherboard from the case (you can leave the cpu cooler on)
3) remove all ram except 1 stick of ram, leave it in the slot closest to the cpu
4) do not connect anything else. no video cards, not anything.

-while we're setting up on a non-conductive surface (wood or cardboard works fine)...
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you'll probably need to describe what you're doing better to get better help. however i can spot the problem already.

if your OS was installed on a hard drive in IDE mode, and you "transferred" it to the SSD, then changed the SSD mode to ACHI, the operating system can't read your hard drive due to having the wrong IDE drivers installed. you'll need to operate your SSD in IDE mode. it will work, you just won't get full speed out of it.
 
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Sorry, how can I run it in IDE mode when I can't start my computer without constant beeping as well as no monitor functions?

 
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How? Sorry I'm quite tech-savvy, it's just that motherboard functions and BIOS isn't really my thing. Not sure how to do this kind of stuff.
 
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just google a video and this should reset your mobo to ide. after you do this dont switch it.
 
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Sorry for being so useless. I can't find any videos/tutorials/documentation on it.
The motherboard is the Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD4P
 
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Restart machine... set all BIOS settings to default, save and exit. Reboot and all should be right with the world. Z87 / Z97 MoBos almost always detect the hardware and set AHCI / IDE automatically. If that fails,a CMOS reset is warranted.

Letting us know what MoBo we are dealing with wud be a huge help.
 
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Dude, I don't think you understand. I can't turn on my computer. I have no way of doing this.

 
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I cleared my CMOS with a jumper cap, and it did absolutely nothing. System still performs the same way on startup. Any other ideas? I'm a part-time gamer, I need my PC.
Thanks for the help so far dude.

 
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The way I read your original message was that you can't get into Windows, not you couldn't get into BIOS, my mistake. Still the advice stands.

1. Remove the SSD,
2. On another computer, connect the docking station and boot to windows.
3. Insert the SSD into DS and turn it on.
4. Format the SSD,
 
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I've tried booting my system with only my HDD, and with no hard drive at all, and the system is still reacting the same way. I could be wrong, because I'm not super experienced about these things, but it seems that the SSD doesn't seem to have anything to do with it. At this point I'm thinking nor my SSD or my CMOS have anything to do with it, since resetting my CMOS/BIOS still showed the same results.
 
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Sorry about that motherboard thing. I edited it into the initial thread post after you said you wanted the info.
The motherboard is the Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD4P
I will wait til you respond to this message, and then consider taking out the battery, since you might provide me with a better option ^_^
 
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Yikes .... after 23 years of building Windows PCs, I'm afraid if i don't "TRIM" the old data my brain's SSD stops working ... so that data is long gone :) and frankly I do not remember what is auto recognized by BIOS from way back when.... not sure if TRIM is even supported which is one of the main reason to use AHCI. So you know next time, this is how you make that change w/o issues:

http://techotv.com/switch-ide-ahci-mode-after-installing-windows/
 
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Lol alright. Man, this thing was a beast way back when I built it... sad to see it become so underwhelming. The CMOS battery is out and about right now and I'm gonna wait 15 minutes, then hit the on/off button to dissapate residual power in the mobo capacitors, and then hopefully I can get it to work.

 
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Oh also, once I've gone back to IDE is it worth making the change to ACHI properly, since my mobo doesn't support TRIM? I think I might just leave it in IDE to avoid further problems, although I ran a benchmark before I mucked everything up and it hit 7000 random read, and the SSD is supposed to run at 87000. And it's not like the mobo doesn't support 6gb/s SATA, because it does. Isn't RAPID a thing I can do to make it perform better? I think I heard about that online somewhere...
 
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So, I removed the CMOS battery for a bit, tried to get all residual power out. Plugged the PSU unit back in after reinstalling the CMOS battery, hit the power button. It seemed like my PC's fan started for a second, then stopped, then started again, but with the regular lights and beeping. Does this mean something?
 
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My monitors don't react to the PC turning on. They just sit idle. And no, it's not a GPU issue, I've swapped my GPU and tested that. I've tested the other expansion slots as well...
 
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The lights that go off are called the "Phase LED" lights, which supposedly "indicate the CPU loading" The igher the CPU loading, the more number of lighted LEDs.

When I start my PC, on the inside lights ranging from green to red in a spectrum are all going off at once, and the beeping plays.

EDIT: the gpu thing came from you wondering if I can get into BIOS. Since my monitors don't even detect anything, I thought you might think it was a GPU issue. I was just clarifying that I had already checked :)
 
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I'm not really sure. I had a problem earlier this week. I also have a gigabyte motherboard. I tried the fast boot setting in the bios (not a good plan, unless you never want to see your bios again.) It will disable usb and load nothing except windows. It will boot into windows too quick to enter bios. I just tried it and had to re set cmos to get back into bios. I am having similar issues. I have narrowed mine down to the PSU. It sounds like the problem started sometime during the change over from HDD to SDD. Out of curiosity, what OS are you using? Is it possible to try a clean install?
 
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