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new pc will not boot up. long beep every 4 seconds

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by dessavb 1 view

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pc starts up, no video, (monitor is on) there is pwr to kb, will not allow to access bios. long beep every 4 seconds. mainboard is a GIGABYTE GA-M57SLI-S4 AM2 NVIDIA nForce 570 SLI MCP ATX AMD w AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000 cpu and DDR2 800 2 gigs Mem, 160 gig seagate hd and an XFX PVT86JYAHG GeForce 8500GT 512MB video card. we removed Mem and puter still has same issue, changed video card same issue. i believe the issue is the mainboard, could i be wrong? this is my sons new pc he purchased from newegg.com he has not been able to install an OS.

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by captbilly1eye

Hopefully it doesn't mean what it usually does - Bad Memory.

I would carefully (after making sure you are grounded properly) re-seat the RAM chips.

But, since it's brand new, I'd first call the supplier and let them be the one to make the decision.

by Former member

That your cpu Award BIOS: 4 long beeps when turning on your system might indicate yout CPU fan is either damaged or running too slow. Check your CPU fan. Clean or replace it with a new one. Make sure that you clean the processor and then put on a Very small amount of thermal paste the re-seat the new heatsink and fan.
Hope this helps you.

Please post back if you have more problems or questions.

by Former member

This will also help with the problems that you have.

Please post back if you have more problems or questions.

by Former member

AWARD BIOS Beep Codes
1 short: System boots successfully
2 short: CMOS setting error
1 long 1 short: DRAM or M/B error
1 long 2 short: Monitor or display card error
1 long 3 short: Keyboard error
1 long 9 short: BIOS ROM error
Continuous long beeps: DRAM error
Continuous short beeps: Power error.

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by dessavb

when the memory is removed, it still beeps. there is no video and it will not bootup this is why we are unable to access the bios, the moniter is pluged in and turn on and connected to the right port.
newegg.com and their call center is of no help. once u buy it, it isnt their problem.
*sigh* help?

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