- Mar 6, 2004
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This is supposed to be a video adapter beep code for Award BIOS; I tried a GeForce 8800 GTX, 7900GS, and 6600GT; they all return the same error.
The interesting thing is that this computer has one stick of 1 GB DDR400 and two sticks of 512 MB. 1 GB stick is in slot B1, 512s are A1 and 2. The motherboard only returns the beep code when we try to use DDR400. DDR200, 266, and 333 all post fine; 400 causes a long short short beep code.
The BIOS also reports that it's single channel, when in fact it isn't. All sticks pass Memtest at DDR400 when they're run alone, as well as when the two 512s are run in a pair.
This isn't my board, I'm trying to help a friend. I've got a newer A8N-E that I've never had problems with. His is HW revision 2.00, running the newest BIOS, I think it's 1.013
Other stats. Athlon FX60, X-Fi Platinum, and a whole bunch of drives, not that they really matter.
The interesting thing is that this computer has one stick of 1 GB DDR400 and two sticks of 512 MB. 1 GB stick is in slot B1, 512s are A1 and 2. The motherboard only returns the beep code when we try to use DDR400. DDR200, 266, and 333 all post fine; 400 causes a long short short beep code.
The BIOS also reports that it's single channel, when in fact it isn't. All sticks pass Memtest at DDR400 when they're run alone, as well as when the two 512s are run in a pair.
This isn't my board, I'm trying to help a friend. I've got a newer A8N-E that I've never had problems with. His is HW revision 2.00, running the newest BIOS, I think it's 1.013
Other stats. Athlon FX60, X-Fi Platinum, and a whole bunch of drives, not that they really matter.