HTPC Stuck at Post Screen RAM Check OK

Hi everyone,

I'm putting together an HTPC and ran into some problems.

I'm trying to isolate the issue after putting everything together:

here's what i have connected so far:

Intel Core 2 Duo 8500
ECS G31T-M Mobo
(i'm using the onboard graphics for now - I
pulled the video card and TV tuner out - one problem at a time)
Samsung HD503IJ SATA 500 GB HD
IDE DVD drive
2x 2GB crucial DDR2-6400 RAM

I can see the post screen and it even gets past the check ram, but i cant get to the BIOS.

I've tried resetting the CMOS but no help there either...

Thanks in advance for all the help/comments!!!

Try taking out your CPU and reseating it. I had an AMD machine do that a while back and when I reseated it, it POSTed.

Other suggestion if the CPU thing doesn't work is try one stick of RAM at a time, switching them if it doesn't work the first time.

You can try a different power supply if the above doesn't work. Some motherboards are sensitive to certain power supplies, though generally it won't boot if it is power supply but you never know.

Also, you can try hitting the esc or del or other key to stop that memory check

It doesnt give you any options after hitting F11? a drive selection or something like that?

What button does the manual say to press to get into the BIOS for your mobo?

maybe the ram is crapping it out, can you try a different stick?

reseated the processor, same problem.

I'm stumped

Yah, it was totally different, I don't know what brand it was, I pulled it out of my HP and stuck it in the HTPC.

how would I flash the bios if the system does not recongize any of my drives (wont got past POST screen o even show me the "enter del for setup" line?

Hi i know that this post is old but if people run in to this problem as i have they can get answers here, i got the same error on my pc and i exhausted hours and hours over this error until i turned off the pc opened up the case so that you can see the motherboard then i took a jumper (little plastic clip) off the two pins it was on and moved it left 1 pin (there are 3 pins and it sit on two of them) mine was near the little silver battery and there is only 1 set of 3 pins with a jumper on it so you should find it, once youve done that switch it on nothing should happen and you think that its broken but what you just did has reset the bios, now switch off your pc and put the jumper back to its original position then turn your pc back on voila you should now be able to access your bios and not be stuck on the memory check status screen hope this helps all.


Mark frodsham

Mark, I got the same problem and resetting bios didn't work either. This problem seems to stump every puter expert I've talked to. BBmatt, did you get it sorted yet??? Did you manage to update the bios ... I aint tried that yet.