help!

Hi, im new to the forum and would like to firstly say you all seem very imformative and knowledgeable people

After moving house i have a problem with my pc booting up.

Im pretty much a novice compared to some of you but i do have basic knowledge of pc's (i built the one im having problems with although it has been running fine until i moved house).

when trying to boot the pc i got nothing but a whining noise, when looking inside the pc, the display on the abit ag8 motherboard was showing 8.

i read on the internet about cold boot problems and held in the reset button which did make a difference.

switching on the pc i now get

2
0.0.
8.3.
8.7.
9.6.
9.e.
9.f.

followed by one long beep then 3 short beeps.

heres what i have done.
cleared the cmos using the battery (tried jumpers also).
tried booting up using basic hardware (ram and graphics card)
reseated cpu and fan
tried to remove as much dust as possible.

can anyone shed any light on this as im at my wits end!

ps i did find this link, can anyone shed anymore light on how to do this?

http://forum.abit-usa.com/showthread.php?t=102553&highlight=9.6+9.f

thanks in advance!

 

See these links for Bios codes- as you have not given your spec, I have given these.
http://www.uktsupport.co.uk/reference/biosb.htm
http://www.bioscentral.com/postcodes/amibios.htm
Going on the Ami 2.2 bios, it stopped at floppy disk controller test.

 

On the Ami win bios it stopped at 9f - Issue keyboard ID command
I would look at the ram , and graphics card- remove/reseat/replace if available.

 

On the Ami color ----it stopped at set numlock (keyboard)

 

If you look down the left side of the BIOS CENTRAL LINK, you will see all other Bios names to search, if those I found are not your Bios.
Come back, if you need more help, loads of good assistance from majorgeeks.

And I forgot to say, welcome to Majorgeeks

 

Sorry the spec of my system is roughly this..

3.2ghz p4
1ghz ddr400 ram
128mb nvidia geforce graphics
200gb sata hdd

the bios is pheonix

this is the exact mobo spec

http://www.uabit.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=32&Itemid=48&page=2&model=200

 

http://bioscentral.com/postcodes/phoenixbios.htm

Have you got this version ?
Phoenix 4.0 Release 6.0 BIOS Post Codes:
9F---- Determine number of ATA and SCSI drives

 

Can you actually get into the Bios, or, are you just beeped out ?
I have not known a hard drive to stop getting Bios, and it seems, here that it has just checked and cleared that.
I believe that you will have to go back to the one stick of ram, NO GRAPHICS CARD - and see if it passes post , THEN ADD GRAPHICS CARD,
Sounding rather like the Display adapter problem .

 

baklogic, thanks for your help firstly

i cant get into the bios, i get nothing on the screen.

I have taken the graphics out, and tried with one stick of ram.

it does change,
8.3.
8.9.
9.a.
9.6.
9.f.

then i get 1 long beep followed by 4 short (with ram and gcard its only 3).

and yes that is the correct version of my bios.

 

Check the actual beeps against this chart - you may have to start/restart a few times to be sure.-Phoenix beep codes...........
http://www.comptechdoc.org/hardware/beepcodes/3.htm

 

This is the link I should have given -
There is a better/easier explanation here

http://www.webopedia.com/quick_ref/BiosBeepCodes2.asp

 

Have you any hard drives,cdrom connected ?, AS IT STOPS AT 9F, IF YOU LOOK AT THE CHARTS , THATS AT ATA,SCSI HARD DISK CHECK.
Your version 4 shows three beep code.............

 

i have now ruled out the psu, i took the pc to my brothers today. he has exaclty the same setup as me (i built his also).

yes i have a sata hdd, cd rom and dvd rom connected.

now you mention this, i havent disconnected these while trying to boot the machine up.

will do this first thing tomorrow.

 

i did this today, no different

im getting the impression the motherboard is faulty now, maybe time to look for a replacement?

 

If you have done the ram check, the psu test, and disconnected all parts,--- as you reintroduced the graphics card, the bios code changed, -YOU SAID 'NO CHANGE' - SAME 1-3 BEEPS ? ( Did you listen to see if beeps seperated and if there were 1-3-1, or, 1-4-1 ?after disconnecting hard drive etc:?)
Check no screws down behind motherboard - Try with motherboard lifted off standoffs (USUAL PRECAUTIONS WITH ELECTRICS )