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by mgill

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I opened my case the other day to clean a lot of excess dust that had gathered in the case fans and such using some compressed air. In the midst of my cleaning frenzy, I took the CPU fan off of the motherboard, as well as my RAM. I replaced everything and booted up my system only to hear random beeps (continuous, but some lag behind, noticeably) and receive no video.

I'm well aware that a continuous beep refers to a problem with my RAM. I have checked each stick of RAM (I have 2 512's) and tried them in all of the sockets. I made sure there aren't any bent pins on the CPU, and got nothing.

It still isn't working, and I need the system back ASAP. Finals are next week. :(

Did I inadvertently fry my motherboard? Could this be a PSU problem (AGP video fan also stopped spinning)? Is it the video card itself?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

PS: I'm running a Gigabyte K8N Pro motherboard.

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by maniacman

The beep is typical if a component is loose, such as a RAM module or a PCI card. Unplug the main power cord from the power supply and remove and reseat everything. I doubt you fried your motherboard and I hope you unplugged the main power cord when you were doing your cleaning because you could have given yourself an electrical shock otherwise. Since you stated you removed a few components, try reseating everything back and see if it works. Also, a good troubleshooting technique would be to remove all non-esential components, such as PCI cards, and try to boot with the minimum amount of RAM. If you indeed zapped something with a static discharge, you'll know when you plug it in and the system won't boot. The key here is to isolate the component by plugging in one thing at a time.

Also, ensure that all power plugs from the power supply are securely connected to the motherboard, as most new mobos come with a separate 5v square plug connector that usually plugs into a separate area of the mobo in addition to the standard large rectangular ATX power plug.

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