No startup beeps with A7N8XE-Dlx

[Sam]

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I have the Asus A7N8XE-Dlx motherboard and when it boots it's totally
silent. Other boards that I have, make a beep when they boot. Thinking that
the internal speaker or the attaching wire was bad, I swapped in a known
working speaker from another system. No difference. So, it's definitely
something on the motherboard.

Have I done something wrong? Or, is my board just weird?

Thanks.

Sam
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[Ed]

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On Sat, 18 Jun 2005 21:00:41 -0700, Sam <srs2_11BS@HotmailBS.com> wrote:

>I have the Asus A7N8XE-Dlx motherboard and when it boots it's totally
>silent. Other boards that I have, make a beep when they boot. Thinking that
>the internal speaker or the attaching wire was bad, I swapped in a known
>working speaker from another system. No difference. So, it's definitely
>something on the motherboard.
>
>Have I done something wrong? Or, is my board just weird?
>
>Thanks.
>
>Sam


Try plugging headphones or amplified speakers into the Front speaker
outputs, IIRC that board has ASUS POST Reporter (see your board
manual).

During the computer POST (Power On Self-Test), ASUS POST Reporter
provides friendly voice warnings through external speaker, clearly
explaining system errors for quick and easy optimization.

hth,
Ed

 

[Sam]

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Sometime on, or about Sun, 19 Jun 2005 04:28:57 -0500, Ed wrote:

> On Sat, 18 Jun 2005 21:00:41 -0700, Sam <srs2_11BS@HotmailBS.com> wrote:
>
>>I have the Asus A7N8XE-Dlx motherboard and when it boots it's totally
>>silent. Other boards that I have, make a beep when they boot. Thinking that
>>the internal speaker or the attaching wire was bad, I swapped in a known
>>working speaker from another system. No difference. So, it's definitely
>>something on the motherboard.
>>
>>Have I done something wrong? Or, is my board just weird?
>>
>>Thanks.
>>
>>Sam
>
> Try plugging headphones or amplified speakers into the Front speaker
> outputs, IIRC that board has ASUS POST Reporter (see your board
> manual).
>
> During the computer POST (Power On Self-Test), ASUS POST Reporter
> provides friendly voice warnings through external speaker, clearly
> explaining system errors for quick and easy optimization.
>
> hth,
> Ed

I'm not sure that works if you're using a separate sound card. I have the
onboard sound turned off. In any case, I'm referring to the little speaker
in the case, which just provides beeps should there be a problem (or
normally a single beep upon boot up).

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[Ed]

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On Sun, 19 Jun 2005 11:32:17 -0700, Sam <srs2_11BS@HotmailBS.com> wrote:

>I'm not sure that works if you're using a separate sound card. I have the
>onboard sound turned off. In any case, I'm referring to the little speaker
>in the case, which just provides beeps should there be a problem (or
>normally a single beep upon boot up).
>
>Sam

If your having problems it's probably a good idea to pull the sound card
(run with minimal hardware) for now and just use the onboard sound so
you can hear the voice messages. ;p

I'm not sure the BIOS uses the case speaker or even has any beep codes,
I just have a A7N8X and it doesn't have voice.
Ed

 

[Guest]

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Ed wrote:

> If your having problems it's probably a good idea to pull the sound
> card (run with minimal hardware) for now and just use the onboard
> sound so you can hear the voice messages. ;p

No need to pull anything. 2 sound cards work well together. Plug headphones
into onboard sound and messages will come through.


>
> I'm not sure the BIOS uses the case speaker or even has any beep
> codes, I just have a A7N8X and it doesn't have voice.

The A7N8X- Deluxe (not e) that I use, have both the onboard speaker with
beepcodes and the post-reporter. When there is no beeptone, something is
probably wrong.

 

[Sam]

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Sometime on, or about Sun, 19 Jun 2005 23:45:34 +0200, Egil Solberg wrote:

> Ed wrote:
>
>> If your having problems it's probably a good idea to pull the sound
>> card (run with minimal hardware) for now and just use the onboard
>> sound so you can hear the voice messages. ;p
>
> No need to pull anything. 2 sound cards work well together. Plug headphones
> into onboard sound and messages will come through.
>
>>
>> I'm not sure the BIOS uses the case speaker or even has any beep
>> codes, I just have a A7N8X and it doesn't have voice.
>
> The A7N8X- Deluxe (not e) that I use, have both the onboard speaker with
> beepcodes and the post-reporter. When there is no beeptone, something is
> probably wrong.

I was using the onboard sound until about 3 weeks ago and there were no
beeps then either. So, it's not the sound card that's doing it. I know the
post-reporter works, because when I first installed the board I heard it.
It had just occurred to me that most computers do have a boot-up beep and
this one was silent. Maybe they just ASSume that everyone has the voice on
instead.

Obviously it's not a serious problem, I was just more curious than anything
else.

Sam
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[Guest]

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My board beeps.. Same board as yours... Do you have the voice support
turned off in the BIOS? Most likely, there aren't any beeps if this is
turned on, though I don't remember. The voice thing annoyed me, so I turned
it off. Don't remember if there was a voice and beep at the same time or
not... Check it...


"Sam" <srs2_11BS@HotmailBS.com> wrote in message
news:3bw7qh33upaj.ezct4udsgllt$.dlg@40tude.net...
> Sometime on, or about Sun, 19 Jun 2005 23:45:34 +0200, Egil Solberg wrote:
>
> > Ed wrote:
> >
> >> If your having problems it's probably a good idea to pull the sound
> >> card (run with minimal hardware) for now and just use the onboard
> >> sound so you can hear the voice messages. ;p
> >
> > No need to pull anything. 2 sound cards work well together. Plug
headphones
> > into onboard sound and messages will come through.
> >
> >>
> >> I'm not sure the BIOS uses the case speaker or even has any beep
> >> codes, I just have a A7N8X and it doesn't have voice.
> >
> > The A7N8X- Deluxe (not e) that I use, have both the onboard speaker with
> > beepcodes and the post-reporter. When there is no beeptone, something is
> > probably wrong.
>
> I was using the onboard sound until about 3 weeks ago and there were no
> beeps then either. So, it's not the sound card that's doing it. I know the
> post-reporter works, because when I first installed the board I heard it.
> It had just occurred to me that most computers do have a boot-up beep and
> this one was silent. Maybe they just ASSume that everyone has the voice on
> instead.
>
> Obviously it's not a serious problem, I was just more curious than
anything
> else.
>
> Sam
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FeMaster wrote:
> My board beeps.. Same board as yours... Do you have the voice support
> turned off in the BIOS? Most likely, there aren't any beeps if this
> is turned on, though I don't remember. The voice thing annoyed me,
> so I turned it off. Don't remember if there was a voice and beep at
> the same time or not... Check it...

I have the non-E, and it both beeps and talks.

 

[Sam]

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Sometime on, or about Tue, 21 Jun 2005 11:21:26 -0500, FeMaster wrote:

> My board beeps.. Same board as yours... Do you have the voice support
> turned off in the BIOS? Most likely, there aren't any beeps if this is
> turned on, though I don't remember. The voice thing annoyed me, so I turned
> it off. Don't remember if there was a voice and beep at the same time or
> not... Check it...


I have the voice thing turned off... although I've tried it both ways. No
beeps.

Sam
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[Sam]

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Sometime on, or about Tue, 21 Jun 2005 18:45:46 +0200, Egil Solberg wrote:

> FeMaster wrote:
>> My board beeps.. Same board as yours... Do you have the voice support
>> turned off in the BIOS? Most likely, there aren't any beeps if this
>> is turned on, though I don't remember. The voice thing annoyed me,
>> so I turned it off. Don't remember if there was a voice and beep at
>> the same time or not... Check it...
>
> I have the non-E, and it both beeps and talks.

At this point, even a burp would be nice. ;-)

Sam
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[ME]

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On Tue, 21 Jun 2005 23:08:11 -0700, Sam <srs2_11BS@HotmailBS.com>
wrote:

<snip>
>At this point, even a burp would be nice. ;-)
>
>Sam
I've been through two brand new boards, one an A7N8X (plain) and one
/VM400. Neither talked, beeped, booted, or even POSTed. I tried 3
different CPU's (2 were new), and even went out and bought a new power
supply (at the urging of ASUS tech support) that was half again
bigger than the manual said was needed. Another $80 pissed away.

I RMA'd both boards and ordered an EPoX. It made me sad, because I've
always had good luck with ASUS. The very first machine I assembled
was on an ASUS TX-P4 with a K-5 processor. Even it worked.

 

[Sam]

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Sometime on, or about Fri, 24 Jun 2005 20:05:05 GMT, Me wrote:

> On Tue, 21 Jun 2005 23:08:11 -0700, Sam <srs2_11BS@HotmailBS.com>
> wrote:
>
> <snip>
>>At this point, even a burp would be nice. ;-)
>>
>>Sam
> I've been through two brand new boards, one an A7N8X (plain) and one
> /VM400. Neither talked, beeped, booted, or even POSTed. I tried 3
> different CPU's (2 were new), and even went out and bought a new power
> supply (at the urging of ASUS tech support) that was half again
> bigger than the manual said was needed. Another $80 pissed away.
>
> I RMA'd both boards and ordered an EPoX. It made me sad, because I've
> always had good luck with ASUS. The very first machine I assembled
> was on an ASUS TX-P4 with a K-5 processor. Even it worked.

Obvious bad luck. I've built 5 systems using 3 different variations of the
A7N8X (from the original to the E-Deluxe). Not a single problem with any of
them. I don't know if it makes a difference as to where you buy them... all
of mine came from NewEgg.

Sam
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