Problems with an Asus CUV4X-C motherboard

Kilgayne

Kilgayne

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I have upgraded my computer with a CUV4X-C motherboard, I've installed it following the instructions in the manual, but when I power it on, it makes one long and two short beeps followed shortly after by an endless loop of high pitched short beeps. Nothing shows on the screen. I've tried several video cards and CPUs, as well as setting it in no jumper mode and inversely, changing the battery and checking the IDE cables but it makes no difference. Anyone knows what could be wrong?
 
I believe you mean DIMM, I think EDODRAM is SIMM... anyway I've tested the three sticks I have separatedly and it doesn't do much difference either. That said, I must say these ram sticks aren't very recent (two 64mb and one 32mb, both pc100). And yes, my old motherboard was even older, it was a slot 1 al440lx with a 333mhz cpu. I've tried my ram on that one and it was working, even though the amount of memory was incorrect sometimes... but it still worked!
 
Since you know the memory is good is it the right type? The Asus model probably runs PC133 not PC100 memory in it. If you put in the wrong memory you won't get too far. That would cause the audio alerts right there. Wrong memory and a faulty or lifted in slot video card are the most likely causes according one list on audio alerts seen. But knowing whether you have an Award, Phoenix, AMI, or another bios will allow you to look over the error codes to see what the actual cause is. I suspect you simply have the wrong memory proven correct by a simple look at the PC133 SDRam/VC133 memory requirement seen in the user's manual on page "2.1.1 Specifications"! Simply go to the link for the manual to see for yourself. When setting up any board you want to be familiar with it's requirements in order to see it function properly. http://dlsvr02.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/sock370/pro133a/cuv4x-c/cuv4xc-100.pdf
 
Yeah that might be that... I've ordered a stick of 256mb pc133, maybe that will do the job. But if there's a problem with the video as well, that, I don't know what else to do, I mean, I've tried two different agp cards and one pci and it didn't do any difference. But then again, that might just only be the ram that makes all the trouble. Anyway thanks for the tips.
 
That model board requires the PC133 in order to operate. On an old Shuttle board here I ran three 256s to get the max out of that board before eventually jumping over the Duron line for an Atholon board. Surprisely that old PNY DDR166 memory is holding strong on the 98 system there.
 
nope! i bought and installed a brand new stick of 128mb pc133 and that didnt do a difference!! do you think my board is just, like, broken or something? after all, i did try everything i could think of...
 
Having ruled out all removable hardwares as a fault the best recommendation here would be to return the board for exchange or an alternative model board. You may even want to consider a newer model that runs a faster cpu and memory along with a few other items. But a bad cap on the board or defective bios seems to be the main concern here.
 
The audio alerts heard point to something on the board as being at fault. The audio alerts, one long and two short do point at the video adapter according to the Award bios error codes seen at http://www.speedguide.net/read_articles.php?id=1576 The same error is seen as the same at http://www.bioscentral.com/beepcodes/awardbeep.htm
One thing to consider about the continous beeping is from the second link here. "Continuous beeping, each lasting about three seconds. The beeping does not stop. Seems to be CPU related. Submitted by baders."? If the cpu isn't seated properly would be another concern to look at.
 
actually it's beeping at a rate of three a second... anyway I'm gonna try to get an exchange from my seller, the board's probably broken.
 
There's definitely a hardware problem. But don't be fast to rule out a bad card if the board turns out to good.
 
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