new motherboard.....

gave my comp surgery and put in a new motherboard, ram and video card...also switched out new hardware and cd rom drive to new chasis.... now im clueless on how to make the bastard work... not booting and beeping only to not display anything including how to configure. to me its dead...i got nothing....should i just take it to the professionals?....im lost

 

Where do you live I am a "Geek On Call" in Beltsville, Maryland I can be your professional ?

 

Make sure all your cables are plugged in; the one for your video card (if needed), 4-pin mobo cable and 20/24 pin mobo cable. Thats all thats needed to just POST

 

three or four beeps...pause...than repeat...
thanks for the offer dewey....but i live in az

 

everything is hooked up properly except for the hardware and cd rom...i dont have something right there...whether it be the jumpers or whatever

 

The number of beeps tells you what the problem is. So it makes a difference if it is three or four beeps. What motherboard are you using? How many sticks of ram? If more than one stick try just one. If that doesn't work try the other one. Also, by bringing it to the members of MG you've already brought it to the professionals! There are some great people here who can usually help with your problems. Taking it to a shop should be a last resort.

 

thanks dawn.... it is four beeps... im running a kt3 ultra... and one stick of 512 mb ram

 

Have a look here for beep codes. On the right half way down.

 

Check your video card and RAM modules and make sure they are seated correctly.

 

Some motherboards require you to have the memory in a certain bank. Check your manual and see if it needs to be in a certain one. Also, you said you bought new ram. Is your old ram compatible with the motherboard? If so, try that and see if it works. Same goes for the video card.

 

also what kinda ram are you running, some boards like my gigabyte does not like same rams, like kingston, but is fine with PNY, from my experience PNY is one memory that almost all mother boards are fine with.

 

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