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AL Romero

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The other day I took out a stick of 512mb pc133 that I sold to my friend for him to upgrade from pc100. I had ordered a stick of 512mb pc2700 a few days before for myself to upgrade. While waiting for the new memory to come I wanted to play a little Counter Strike so I put in 2 older "known good" sticks of pc100 but she wouldnt boot. All I got is high tone followed by a low tone, almost like a Euro police car. So I have tried unplugging everything but the cpu, hsf to see what happens and nothing. Same problem. I'm running a brand new Biostar M7VIG-PRO 100/133 fsb w/mobo set on 133fsb, AMD -2100, coolmaster HAC-V81, DVD, CD-RW, floppy,and fan controller. Everything is less then 2 months old including an Antec SLK2600 w/300w ps. I just got the pc2700 only to find out that my mobo only take up to the 266 stuff not the 333 that I ordered. So instead of trying to return it I order a new Abit NF7-M so that I can have more flexibility to OC it a bit. But Im afraid that there is something wrong with either my cpu of biostar mobo.
Any idea's,
Thanks
 
Okay...a few things...
You should've set your FSB to 100 to run the PC100 RAM (That's what it's spec'ed to run at). Sure, that underclocks your CPU if you can't change the multi, but it will be running. Your Biostar motherboard will be able to run the PC2700, it will just run it at 133(266DDR) so, in essence, you'll be underclocking your RAM. Let us know if you can run the system with the PC100 RAM when you set your FSB to 100 and/or your system will run when you run the PC2700 in there.
 
I tried both the pc2700 at 133fsb and the pc100 at 100fsb and nothing but high then low beeps. Again there is nothin plugged in but the cpu and hsf. That is the test that TCWO said in there online tech site. I'm stuck from there though. I did send them an email to see if they can help out but they are always 1, or 2 days behind so I will probably get an email back mon or tuesday. I just hate being down and stuck using the my old dell. Its so freakin slow...350mhz PII:(
Got anything else I can try???
Thanks for you help!!!! :D
 
Hmmm...Do you have another CPU you can try in there? It seems like your board is working fine with beeps, but I'm guessing you may have a bad CPU....but before you do anything...Have you tried clearing your CMOS? Look on your manual...there should be a jumper for it. If not switch your psu off and unplug it from the wall. Then remove the battery for a good couple of minutes at least. After that put it back in and start up your computer.
 
i just woke up so it might be something i mist but...

you just talk about your cpu/hsf and memory plugged

sutpid question from myself maybe but did you leave your video card in ?
 
I have had it unplugged for a while all though I have not taken out the battery. I'll try that. As far as the CMOS I'm not really sure what that its. Is that in my BIOS...It sounds like something that I've heard but Im just not remembering.

Ripus - My mobo has intigrated video if that helps any

:D
 
k...i looked up in my manual and found the jumper to clear CMOS. What is going to had after that though??? Is everything in BIOS and everything else going to be ok. Ive have never gone that before. Im going to wait for a reply before I continue with clearing CMOS.

Oh ya, the manual doent say if you have to "start up" everything with the jumper in the 2/3 position for it to clear. It just said 1/2 is default and 2/3 is clearing CMOS.
 
was your memory seated properly?

because the other day i was working on a friends puter putting in a new stick of ram and i didnt get it in exactly perfect and it beeped

but then i aligned it diff. and it worked fine
 
Fiji- dude...i have tried it so many time that Im getting very VERY frustrated. Its really startin to **** me right the fu** off. I going to be even more ****ed off if I find out that there is something wrong with my cpu because of all this cuz I just ordered an Abit NF7-M so I can finally OC this b i t c h!!! :D Sorry about that!!! Yeah Ive tried it. 6 total sticks of pc100 at leased 2 times each, and even this new stick of pc2700 3 or 4 times. Got anything else...anybody.....
 
do you have a manual for you mobo, because diff beeps mean diff things on diff mobos


thats all i can think of
 
try to find a vid card and throw that in... maybe your onboard vid decided to die?? However... sometimes my comp decides it doesn't want to boot and it beeps kinda like how you're describing. What i have to do is turn off my PSU til the light on the board goes out, then turn the PSU back on then it usually starts.
 
yes man,you got to turn on your pc with the jumper set to clear cmos. then turn it off again and put back your jumper to is default place then turn it on again. in your mobo manual or on the biostar website you should be able to find some info about beeping. it should tell you what's wrong
 
k i looked on there website but didnt find much. I sent them an email to see if they can help.
 
So I just got my new mobo today. An Abit NF7-M and guess what??? Nothing but hign and then low beeps. So I guess that leaves it up to the CPU or PS being the bad apple. Everything is less than 2 months old so at least its will be covered by warranties. :D

Thanks for all you input,
AL
 
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