One Beep. No Boot. Help!

[jsmile25]

Help with building my first desktop.

I have an ASUS P5k-e/Wifi-ap motherboard and when I turn the system on, I get one short beep and all the fans spin briefly and then turns off.

What is wrong?

Thanks

Motherboard: ASUS P5k-E
Memory: Corsair XMS2 2x2GB
2 x SATA HDD
2 x IDE HDD
Video Card: HIS 3850 Turbox
Case: Sonata III
Power Supply: Anitec PS that comes with the Sonata III
CPU: Intel E6750

 

[jsc]

The single short beep means that the POST did not detect any problems with the motherboard, memory, or video interface. And since the POST DID run, the CPU is probably OK.

I suspect the PSU is either shutting down under load or there is soming wrong with it

Try swapping out the PSU.

 

[akhilles]

Reseat every connector/cable/cooler. Particularly the cpu cooler & its 3-pin power connector.

If no dice, try each stick of ram in each of the slots.

 

[ohiou_grad_06]

Did you clear cmos? If not, do that and fire it back up.

 

[g-paw]

Make sure the HSF is seated properly. If none of the above workz, disassemble including taking the mobo out. Make sure you have the precise number of stand offs and test each component after you install it. Keep the mobo on a cardboard box, e.g., the box it came in, when assembling/testing

 

[tlmck]

Go to Antec.com support and see if your case is one of the ones with the shorting problem.

 

[jhyukkang]

did you pluged in the cpu power cable, 4 or 8 pin on mobo, i bet you did but making sure

 

[bigsur]

check all connections, including hsf to cpu.

ive turned on machines with a cpu and no cooler (on purpose) and itll only turn on, but obviously wont beep, just dies