Hello, I'm busting my head over a computer I assembled not 3 days ago
TL;DR Computer posts with a normal, single, short beep, but doesn't go any further than that.
I assembled everything, turned it on, installed Windows 8, played some video games, all good. I turned it off last night, and this morning I found it won't display anything on the monitor. When I press the power button, the fans spin up, the harddrive spins up, LEDs come on, the motherboard posts some numbers (15, 55, 36, 4F, 72 and it finally settles on 94 after beeping once [which is normal, it beeped once when it was working yesterday].) and it turns off if I press (not hold, just press) the power button. I removed everything except the CPU/HSF, and it started beeping with error code 55 because it didn't detect any RAM. If I put the RAM back in it just hangs on 94 again. I checked both the motherboard/graphics card VGA/HDMI connections but there isnt any video output on any of them, and I reseated the CMOS battery to check if maybe a setting went wrong, but nothing worked.
I should note that in normal operation, the little number display showed the CPU temperature.
Pictures:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/16964262/Foto%2003-05-13%2010%2051%2033%20a.m..jpg
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/16964262/Foto%2003-05-13%2010%2051%2044%20a.m..jpg
I tried:
-Breadboarding (CPU/HSF/RAM only, still hangs on BIOS code 94)
-Using on-board VGA connector (Still nothing)
-Plugging in my monitor to a laptop (The monitor worked, so it's ruled out)
-Reseating CMOS Battery/shorting CMOS jumpers (Nothing)
Specs are:
Mobo - BIOSTAR TZ77B
CPU - i3 3220 with stock HSF
PSU - Corsair CX500
RAM - Corsair Vengeance 8GB
GPU - EVGA GTX 660 SC
HDD - Seagate Barracuda 2TB ST2000DM001
Case - HAF 922
Thanks for any ideas.
TL;DR Computer posts with a normal, single, short beep, but doesn't go any further than that.
I assembled everything, turned it on, installed Windows 8, played some video games, all good. I turned it off last night, and this morning I found it won't display anything on the monitor. When I press the power button, the fans spin up, the harddrive spins up, LEDs come on, the motherboard posts some numbers (15, 55, 36, 4F, 72 and it finally settles on 94 after beeping once [which is normal, it beeped once when it was working yesterday].) and it turns off if I press (not hold, just press) the power button. I removed everything except the CPU/HSF, and it started beeping with error code 55 because it didn't detect any RAM. If I put the RAM back in it just hangs on 94 again. I checked both the motherboard/graphics card VGA/HDMI connections but there isnt any video output on any of them, and I reseated the CMOS battery to check if maybe a setting went wrong, but nothing worked.
I should note that in normal operation, the little number display showed the CPU temperature.
Pictures:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/16964262/Foto%2003-05-13%2010%2051%2033%20a.m..jpg
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/16964262/Foto%2003-05-13%2010%2051%2044%20a.m..jpg
I tried:
-Breadboarding (CPU/HSF/RAM only, still hangs on BIOS code 94)
-Using on-board VGA connector (Still nothing)
-Plugging in my monitor to a laptop (The monitor worked, so it's ruled out)
-Reseating CMOS Battery/shorting CMOS jumpers (Nothing)
Specs are:
Mobo - BIOSTAR TZ77B
CPU - i3 3220 with stock HSF
PSU - Corsair CX500
RAM - Corsair Vengeance 8GB
GPU - EVGA GTX 660 SC
HDD - Seagate Barracuda 2TB ST2000DM001
Case - HAF 922
Thanks for any ideas.