3 beeps and no video

Occasionally when starting my system (MSI KT6V-LSR, Barton 2600+, 512MB Kingston Valueram DDR400) I get 3 beeps and no video. Any ideas why?

I think it's 3 short beeps, but I doupt if this is a faulty memory problem. The problem rarely occurs (say one out of ten times the system starts) and as far as I remember I have checked the memory with memtest after buying and there were no errors. I can check it again but I have never seen a faulty Kingston memory module before. Could this be something else?

Similar Messages

One long repeating beep and no video output

Sometimes when switching on a system build with KT6 Delta , I get one long repeating beep and no video output. The problem usually is solved if I unplug the monitor cable from the vga card and plug it in again. Still, I am thinking why does this happen since the cable seems to be connected fine?

1 Beep: DRAM refresh failure
Explanation: The system is having a problem accessing the system memory to refresh it. Refreshing is done on all system memory to keep its contents active.
Diagnosis: This code usually means a problem either with the system memory or with the motherboard itself.
Continuous Beeping: Memory or video problem
Explanation: The system is producing constant beeping in no specific pattern, or a fast "ringing" sound.
Diagnosis: This is usually caused by a problem with the system memory, or possibly the video card. The memory is more likely--the system complains long and loud if it can't find any usable memory, as there is no way to even start the boot process when this is the case. The motherboard itself could also be the problem.

One long beep and no video on boot

Just wondering if anyone could help me out with this little problem I seem to be having. I've checked all the connections to the board and everything is right. When I try to boot up all i get is one long high pitched 4 or so second beep that loops every 2 seconds and no video (using onboard video) or anything else.
Even tried using a small 4x video card to see if that was the problem.
System Specs:
MSi p4mam-l microatx mobo
VIA Vt8751a & VT8235 chipsets
p4 2.0ghz celeron processor @400fsb
Corsair ddr266 mem
award 430w power supply
wd 40gb ata100 hd

Pretty long beep but I finally figured it out and got it fixed. Stupid board was flaking out over the corsair mem for some reason. It took six different sticks of ram before i found one that the damn thing would boot up to.

KT3 Ultra MSI 6380E v1 No Post 3 beeps and no video

New Board
sytem:
Power supply Compusa 400 w
CPU AMD athlon xp2200
Mem Nanya PC2100 DDR 256mgs
Video VisionTek Xtasy 2X 64 mgs
no other units installed and monitor not hooked up.
When I power up it will not post and I get 3 beeps no video.
THe Mem and AGP was taken from my old board,
help please

Just an update. I purchased a ECS K7S5A PRO mother board and it posted on the first try. I used all the components I had in the MSI board so they were all good. I now am convinced that it was a bad board. I did notice that when I placed the Memory boards in the ECS that they went in easly not like the MSI board where you had to push them in hard to seat. Anyway thanks for all of your help and I might need it again when the MSI replacement board arrives

970a-G46 just 3 beeps and no video

I am having this same issue. I have reset the CMOS numerous (10-15) times and I still get the same 3 beeps. I have tried the RAM in another machine and it works fine in another machine. I have unseated and reseated the RAM too many times to count. What could I possibly be doing wrong?

You don't have the same issue like original topic starter as clearing cmos didn't help.
Please don't hijack other topics. If you have an own issue open an own topic. >>Please read and comply with the Forum Rules.<<
This time I opened a new topic for you by splitting your post from the hijacked thread. You need to describe your problem and machine following the >>Posting Guide<<

3 beeps and blank screen on KT6 Delta

Occasionally on startup, I get 3 identical beeps and no video on screen. By just pressing the vga card on the agp slot slightly and restarting, it seems to solve the problem (although I think that maybe the vga card is not the problem). Any ideas?

Dude, that's really a poor psu!
You need a psu with more than 25A/3.3V, 35A/5V, 18A/12V, 180W combined power.

K8N Neo Platinum: no video output, long beep and long wait, led 3 green

I have a K8N Neo Platinum for about 4 years without big problems. Two days ago I dismounted teh pc to clean and put a new HD and when I mounted again it did not work.
Problem:
Quote
* System hangs and no video output;
* Speaker keep making long beep followed by long rest;
* D-Bracket LEDs are 3 green and 1, 2, 4 red meaning it hangs somewere near teh keyboard controller initialization;
What I have tried:
With no change:
Quote
* Taken off everything from teh MB and put back only CPU, PSU, RAM, VGA and plugs for power and reset switch;
* Turn on teh MB out of teh case;
* Clear teh CMOS setting JBAT1 and by removing battery;
* Tried all possible combinations of one and two RAM sticks and slots on MB;
* Take out all of teh RAM;
* Take out VGA;
* Take out RAM and VGA;
* Switched VGA;
* Switched PSU;
With little change:
Quote
* Take out CPU: make all four leds red and no beep.
System specifications:
PROC
Athlon 64 3400+
RAM
2x Kingston 512mb ddr400
VGA
nVidia geforce4 mx 440 agp
VGA2
nVidia geforce fx 5200 agp
MB
MSI K8N Neo Platinum
HDD
Seagate SATA 180gb
PSU
Coletek 450W +3.3V~20A, +5V~32A, +12V~16A, +5VSB~2.0A, -5~0.5A, -12~0.5A
I have already had some problems like this before with power failures but magically things worked again. This time was teh same. I got things working some times at random (really random lol) by taking power cables, reseting bios and turning back on but teh problem reapeared when I put HDD back and did not work again when I removed it. Now I can't seem to get it to display anything.
Any suggestions? Thanks in advance.
EDIT: sry I made a little confusion: It is a K8N Neo and not a K8N Neo2.

Quote from: Fredrik on 18-November-08, 05:19:33
Thanks!
Keyboard problem, you think? What do you have?
Two things that are quite common:
Do not attach PS2 keyboard when there is power in the system.
Do attach USB keyboards when you are up and running in Windows.
This is not it, but Logitech keyboard drivers often complicate things.
I do use a PS2 kbd but never had problems with it (unlike teh PS2 mouse). I do not think it's kbd fault because it won't POST with or without it.

I hear 1 long beep and 2 short beeps and I get no video.

I have a MSI mainboard AMD socket 970A-G46. When I turn on my PC, one long beep and two short beeps will occur. Second, I will not see any video. What is the cause of this and and do I get to the BIOS menu on this mainboard?
Also, sometimes the my PC will go to sleep mode on its own and when I press the button to get it out of sleep mode, it will not go out of sleep mode. What is the cause of this and how can it be solved?

Here is the information about my PC.
Windows 7 Home Premium
MSI Mainboard: AMD Socket 970A-G46 CrossFireX
Sentey Power Supply and Coolers
Power Supply- BCD450-0C
Coolers- 1 XFan210mm and XFan80mm x 2
DDR3- G.Skill Ripjaws X- F3-12800CL9D-863XL
Graphics Card- Gigabyte AMD Radeon HD 6450 Series- GV-R645-1GI
I hope this is enough information. Now, can someone tell me what is wrong with my PC?

MacBook Pro beeps and briefly freezes in predictable pattern

I have an early 2011, 15" MacBook Pro, OS X 10.6.8.
Recently, it's been making fairly quiet but high-pitched beeping noises, not sporadic, but in a regular pattern. When this beeping occurs, whatever I'm using briefly freezes: If I'm using Chrome, the next page will load only after the beeping stops. If I'm using VLC, the video freezes typically for 10 seconds; once the beeping stops, the video turns gray for a second before continuing normally. If I'm using iTunes, the audio similarly freezes. I've also noticed these hitches occur about once an hour.
I don't know what caused this. A week or so ago I moved out of my apartment. There it was fine, and now it's like this. To my recollection, nothing else major has happened. I'm very delicate with my laptop, so I'm sure I didn't bang it up or anything.
If you're curious about console messages during the hitches:
VLC says:           main input error: ES_OUT_SET_(GROUP_)PCR is called too late (jitter of 9408 ms ignored)
Chrome says:      The GPU process hung. Terminating after 10000 ms.
Any ideas?
P.S. More about the beeping noise: It's the kind of noise a healthy computer makes during run-of-the-mill processes, only in a peculiar, regular pattern. I may be confusing beeping for subtle clicking, by the way.

Reset SMC.     http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3964
Choose the appropriate method.
"Resetting SMC on portables with a battery you should not remove on your own".

I installed snow leopard and now videos on my Xfinity home page won't play

I installed snow leopard and now videos on my Xfinity home page won't play

You may be in the same boat as me.
I deliberately bought a refurb Feb 2011 MacBook Pro, because it would have originally shipped with Snow Leopard. I have to run an application for my job, which does not run under Lion.
Unfortunately, Apple is now upgrading all Snow Leopard machines, before selling them as refurbs. I purchased a legal copy of Snow Leopard, and have tried various downgrade solutions that I found posted on the net, without success. No matter what I do, it always goes into "three beep mode" after trying to install Snow Leopard.
The latest development came this evening, while I was talking to the "geniuses" at Apple. Apparently, there is now a firmware revision that loads the first time you run Software Update under Lion, and it locks the machine so that it can't revert to Snow Leopard.
The only option they have been able to offer me so far, is to return the machine and get a refund. This is maddening, as I HAVE to have a Snow Leopard machine, and can't find any other way to purchase one.

Mac Mini Intel - no chime, no beep and no picture - fix?

I have Mac Mini Core 2 Duo 1.83GHz, with Intel GMA950 onboard -graphics. Problem is that it powers on but there is no chime, no beeps and most importantly no video. Pressing and holding power button for a while does turn the machine off. Processor and chipset are heating. The light on my USB-mouse blinks when I power on the machine and also if I disconnect and then reconnect the mouse while the computer is powered on. Optical drive does not make any sounds altought I don't know if it's normal for this model, when I had iMac G5 it did make some noise when powering it on. I cannot reset SMC, powering on the machine with power button still pressed for several seconds does not do anything, it should make the fan to run maximum and probably couple beeps. I have able to cause fans to rev. up by pressing the power button and then connecting power cord but this is not the way it's meant to be done.
It is not ram issue, tested with fully working ram and also the ram that was installed in Mini worked on this machine I am now using. I have not tested with another processor, Mini's processor would fit this laptop I am now using so I could later test the processor itself.
What I want to know is that if you have faced similar problems, were you able to fix the motherboard and if so how did you do it? Keep in mind that replacing the logic board is not a way to fix anything since you are _replacing_ the faulty one completedly. I have fixed couple laptops with heat gun but they have always contained Nvidia and ATI -chips which as far as I know tend to heat and break solder much more often than Intel's chips.
So, any ideas?

Sometimes PRAM seems to retain info from a previous startup disk error condition. There is a small chance that resetting the PRAM might help.
You can get a replacement for your original OS X install DVD and any bundled apps from AppleCare (1-800-275-2273) for a shipping and handling fee. You will need to provide your Mac's serial number so they can send the correct DVD(s) for your specific model.

KT2 Combo beeps and then powers down with XP2400

Hi all I could really use some advice here.
I bought an XP2400 Tbred cpu for this system and it never worked. I ended up returning it since it I think it was DOA. But I wanted to confirm it. The 1GHz Duron I have in it runs perfectly.
This system has a 100/133MHz jumper so when I installed the XP2400 I first removed the old 1GHz Duron, I then cleared the bios and set the jumper to 133 and then turned it on. Upon booting up it beeped 2 times VERY quickly and then shut down. One normal beep and one quiet beep you could barely hear but was there. No matter what I tried that's all it would do.
I have an Antec SL350 which does 35 on +5 16 on +12 and 28 on +3.
http://www.antec.com/specs/sl350_spe.html
With only the cpu
2 sticks of 256MB PC133(I tried a single working DDR2100 stick as well)
NO drives connected
and an old PCI video card( I started with my FX5200 but went PCI to test)
I know the mobo supports up to 2600+ 266MHz bus but with the XP2400 it just turned on, never POSTED, beeped and then turned off. My other system, a K7TPro2, is chock full of gear and an XP2000 runs fine with a lesser supply.
Was the xp2400 DOA or is there something amiss in my system? Ie does anyone know what those two short beeps were. If my Power supply is indeed weak what should I go with? A Xp2100? Many thanks for any help here as I need to order a new cpu but I'm afraid I'll run into the same problem if i order another 2400.

Wow, thanks for all the quick responses.
Dr Stu, No ,100MHz made no difference and my K7TPro2(not A) would not support it. I have nowhere else to test it so I RMA'd it.
osnavi, as others pointed out its actually a decent power supply. I've seen plently of reports of people running this class and faster CPU on my Power supply, especially considering I stripped the board when I was trying it out. It is of course possible that my Antec has bad CAPS or is dying, but nothing else points to that.
Grayone, nice link. Your right, too bad it never stayed powered up long enough. At best it was one clear beep and part of a 2nd one, but that was it. It powered down within a few seconds every time I turned it on.
My main concern is which cpu to buy. Since this is my HTPC and its running Windows Media Center 2005 I wanted to get the fastest CPU possible. That's why a XP2400 seemed perfect. Now I guess I need to see if I can find an old XP2100 so at least I can cross test it in my other motherboard.
Still though, its always going to bother me that I'll never know if it was my motherboard or the actual CPU that was the problem. Thanks again.

GF615M-P33 - 3 beeps and it wont boot (black screen)

Moved to https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=133091.0 with more information
Thanks

Hi there!
My computer broke down a couple of week's ago and i have been using my laptop meanwhile.
Now i finally got some new parts to my computer.
So the current computer:
AMD Athlon X2 250, 3,0 ghz, AM3, 2MB, 65W
MSI GF615M-P33, Socket-AM3, m-ATX, GeForce 6150se, DDR3, SATA II, GbLAN, PCI-Ex16
Sahpire Radeon HD 4670 512MB GDDR3 PCI-Express 2.0, DVI-I, native-HDMI, HDCP, Lite-Retail
Kingston ValueR. DDR3 1333MHz 4GB, CL9, Kit w/two Matched ValueRAM 2GB DDR3
Samsung HD501LJ, 500GB, 7200rpm, 16M
Windows XP Pro 32 bit, right now, will upgrade later to Windows 7 Ultimate.
Huntkey Delcato PSU-422 450W DC Output: "+5V=35A(RED), 12V1=15A(YELLOW), +3.3V=30A(ORANGE), +12V2=17A(YELLOWBLACK), -12V=0.5A(BLUE), +5Vsb=2.0A(PURPLE), PG(GREY)
So the problem is that when i inserted all of my components and then just went to boot it, it gave me 3 beeps and a black screen.
My flatmate has the same motherboard and i tried the RAM, CPU and Video card on it, and it worked fine with one beep and i got a screen and came to BIOS.
I tried his RAM, CPU and Video Card on my motherboard and it still gave me 3 beeps and no screen.
So i have no clue how to troubleshoot anymore.
Tell me if you need anymore information
Please help me!
Thanks in advance!!

H57M-ED65 with i5 cpu - added HD and now we get 1 long beep and 2 short beeps

So a friend of mine has a MSI H57M-ED65 that he added a 2 terabyte sata drive too. Everything has worked perfect with this board for about 3 years. they turn it on and now it gives a beep of 1 long beep and 2 short beeps. No Video. Now I have seen the beep codes but it doesnt add up. I have removed everything and reseated. They do not use the onboard video, if I remove all the memory and power it on the board recognizes the fact no memory is there and gives the correct codes. I have checked all connections but the only thing online I see is it says possible video problem. Doesnt really add up and I checked the few connections that had been un plugged and everything is correct.
Has anyone ever seen this problem after putting in a drive? Oh yea also I have unplugged the dvd and hd's and still get the beeps. If its still video issue I am going to assume it has to do with the onboard video cards because with out the other card installed it still gives errors.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

i heard about the full cmos clear yesterday....after the flash i just pressed the clear cmos button at the back panel...but now i did the full clear...
well i have an aerocool e80 700w psu...i was thinking it might be the psu...then i tried on my old 500w coolermaster psu and it worked fine(i could restart as many times as i wanted/no blank screen)
then i hocked back the aerocool to confirmed if it was at fault and POOOFFFF no more blank screen.i restarted any time with no problem...how can it be?what caused the blank screen and BSOD?
i will try to use the PC as much as i can and see if i get any blue screen...will keep u posted
***memory is Kingston 4*2gb.i ran memtest86 it found no error over 2 hours...i never overclock anything

T60 exhibiting 1 long and 2 short beep and black screen

Hello all,
i own a thinkpad t60 with ATI radeon x1300 graphics card. I read through your complete "T61p exhibiting 1 long and 2 short beep and black screen" thread and I have the same beep problem with my t60. Let me briefly explain you how the beeps occur in my system:
My t60 had this problem after I initally formatted my system and this 1 long and 2 short beeps used started occuring. But the strangest fact is that after those beeps and blank screen, the power light in the indicator light group is on along with battery and ac power lights. But then when I repeatedly switched on and off the system, the sequence of beeps dont occur all the time. Then I completely switched off the system and when I booted the next times I started pressing the ESC keys after pressing the on button. Most of the times ( 8 out of 10 times), the first 4 times it produced the same beep codes but after the 5th time, the system turns on. All those 5 times, I kept on pressing the ESC key once I powered on the system.
Also, every time I'd a chance I did run the pc doctor to find any pro blem with the board or video card, but every time it turned out to be fine. So now,every time I turn my system off or use a stanby/hibernate whichever turns the screeen off, on immediate reboot it comes out blank but with the power indicator light on.
Here by I also list any changes that I'd made:
1. I reformatted the system and only then this started to occur.
2. after reformatting lsat time, I forgot to change the boot sequence but now I;d fixed that by pressing F9 under startup in bios.
3. I'd also once replaced my RAM with a different one (have 4gb now, but I suppose t60 can support a max of 3gb). WIll this be a problem?
4. And in the recent times due to the ati3duag.dll BSOD has occured. Any idea what this error might be due to?
5. Due to all these uncertainities, I havent updated tot he latest ATI driver which is 8.593 * and I still have the 8.293* . Will updating to the new one be a problem?
I appreciate any help or guidance you can give me in this matter and I badly need to fix it for my projects.
Thanks
Vishak

I think your best way of diagnosing this is to remove the new ram and install only one chip, if the problem persists, try the other. If the problem persists, then I'd try booting from a Linux LiveCD (any will do but I'd recommend ubuntu.com). boot with the option to not change anything on your PC. If you get this same problem when booting linux, then you know it's a hardware problem, in which case I'd remove as much hardware as possible, drives, cards, etc... if it still persists, then you most likely have a bad system board. In this unfortunate event your best option would be a used one. A new one would cost more then the laptop is worth, but used T60 boards are pretty reasonable, I just found one for another member and could probably help you find one to if necessary, but lets hope it's just a ram chip. And by the way, your system is limited to 3GB, but in the chipset, and in your 32bit OS they came installed with. You can install 4GB, but it won't be able to use it all.
ThinkPad W-510 i7-820QM(1.73-3.06GHz) Quad Core... ThinkPad T500, T9900, 8gb SSD...FrankNpad T-60p/61p (X9000 2.8ghz) 8gb SSD ips FlexView...ThinkPad T-61p (T9300 2.5ghz) 8gb ram...Thinkpad X-61 Tablet 4gb ram...ThinkPad A-31 (1.9ghz P4 1.5gb ram)

3 beeps and no video

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for