Problem building a new computer... can you help diagnose?

**azzurro** · 12-22-2005, 05:19 PM

I'm trying to put together a computer (it's not for my car, that PC is already running great

).

I build it, plug it in, motherboard LED turns on, I hit power, and everything turns on, but I get no video. No beeps either.

I take everything out except for the CPU and heatsink/fan, and hit the power button.

Yes... 1 long, 2 short beeps! I think that means that the CPU isn't dead

And I believe that that code indicates a video problem.

I tried the following combinations: RAM in/video card out, RAM in/video card in, and RAM out/video card in.

Results:

RAM out, video card out: As stated above, 1 long, 2 short beeps.

RAM out, video card in: 1 long, 2 short beeps

RAM in, video card out: Nothing. No beeps.

RAM in, video card in: Nothing. No beeps.

This seems like bad RAM, but can it possibly be anything else? Why am I getting a video error?

This is all new hardware, so I don't have parts laying around that I can swap in and out to test.

Computer specs:

Intel Pentium 4 630 (3.0 GHz, 2 MB L2, 800 MHz FSB, LGA775, H/T)
Asus P5GD2-X Socket 775, Intel 915P
KingMax 1 GB PC4300 DDR2 533MHz 240 Pin Unbuffered
Asus Extreme AX300SE-X/TD ATI Radeon X300 SE
Antec Lifestyle Overture II Case with 450W PSU

TIA for any input!

**DarquePervert** · 12-23-2005, 09:58 AM

You need to find what that beep code means. Your diagnosis of bad RAM is certainly a possibility, but that beep code is going to give you the definitive answer.

Check this link, which makes a good starting point:
http://www.sysopt.com/forum/showthre...hreadid=146656

According to that, it's a video card problem. That resource isn't the end-all/be-all, mind you.