computer building - New PC build with one long and two short beeps

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2014-07
  • oStarZ

    I built my first PC, and I get a 1 long and 2 short beeps which I believe is RAM.

    • MB: ASUS M5A97 LE R2.0 AMD3+ R
    • CPU: AMD 6 CORE FX 6300 3.5G 8m R
    • PSU: EVGA 100-B1-0500-KR R 500B 500W Bronze
    • HDD: 1T WD WD10EZEX SATA6G %
    • RAM: Corsair Vengeance LP 8 GB CML8GX3M1A1600C10 One Stick Black Version
    • GPU: ASUS Radeon HD 7870 DirectCU II

    The RAM fits, but I don't hear a click.

    • Answers
  • TomEus

    I would check the seating forst as well but looking at your MB it doesn't seem your Corsair is supported (that doesn't mean that it won't work) - look here

    The only Corsair listed is CMZ16GX3M2A2400C10 and you have to have 2 of them for 16GB total


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  • Adam

    Building a new pc using this motherboard: GA-MA785GMT-UD2H

    and a 500W power supply (1 x 20 pin & 1 x 4 pin connectors).

    The CPU fan, hard drive and power supply all spin up but no display on the monitor and no beeps.

    Have tried: taking out all of the memory and still no beeps

    used a different power supply and still no display

    I only have the Motherboard, memory, CPU, heat sink & fan & power supply connected.

    Any ideas?

    Do I have a faulty motherboard?


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  • RJFalconer

    Things to check;

    • Make sure all the power connectors are connected and secure
    • If you can, try another monitor or a dedicated graphics card

    The problem could be with CPU or motherboard. Did you use thermal paste when seating the heatsink?

  • Cairo

    Did you add a motherboard speaker? GA-MA785GMT-UD2H doesn't come with a speaker so I added one from an older motherboard (it uses two of the pins in the same slot where the other connectors go for pwr, hdd_activity, rset) in order to get the beep codes - in my case a continuous series of long beeps :-(

  • Puddingfox

    This happened to a friend of mine and it was very hard to tell by looking at it -- especially when the motherboard was installed: make sure the memory is inserted ALL THE WAY. You should hear a click as the clasps close on their own; you should not have to shut the clasps.

  • user12889

    Make sure memory is inserted and is inserted in the correct slots. Try the minimum amount of memory required for the motherboard and if that's less memory sticks than you have try swapping around to rule out bad memory.

  • James Watt

    According to Crucial.com, your motherboard supports:

    • 240-pin DDR3 DIMM Banking: 4 (2 banks of 2)
    • Chipset: AMD 785G
    • DDR3 SDRAM Frequencies: PC3-8500, PC3-10600, PC3-12800 and PC3-14400
    • Error Detection Support: Non-ECC only
    • Graphics Support: PCI Express x16
    • Max Component Density: 2048
    • Max Unbuffered DDR3 SDRAM: 16384MB
    • Module Types Supported: Unbuffered only
    • Supported DRAM Types: DDR3 SDRAM only

    Please make sure of the following:

    • The RAM is either PC3-8500, PC3-10600, PC3-12800 or PC3-14400
    • All of your RAM is the SAME speed and size
    • Your RAM is Unbuffered/Non-ECC (if it is classified as Server memory, ECC memory, or Buffered memory, you have RAM that will not work in your computer.)

    More information:

    http://www.crucial.com/store/listparts.aspx?model=GA-MA785GMT-UD2H

  • Seasoned Advice (cooking)

    You might check power

    instead of the std 4pin 12v cpu pwr you need the adapter for the 4pin to become an 8pin 12v cpu plug/