No video - two beeps - pause- one beep

[pm4345]

yes, henne, I took it out of the case. Infact right now it is sitting on the bench without any case at all. (but it is all setup and everything). I wanted to try that just incase the case might have been causing a short in some weird way. I even tried another power supply to eliminate that.

[Archer]

My 2p`s worth.
Try replacing the memmory with a working chip.

[henne]

so you took it out of the case, inserted the video card all the way in, turned it on, hard drive initializes, and yet no video and still 2 beeps? have you tried calling tech support and ask them what those 2 beeps mean?

[Gabriel]

I am Almost 100% Sure that it is a Memory Problem...
Check it - It shows all the Signs.

[pm4345]

Gabriel, I tried three other sticks of RAM out of working machine. Still no go. I will send an email to gigabyte and see what they say.....

Thanks for the suggestion though. I did try it...

[henne]

i hope they answer your email question.

[Andi]

try all the parts [memmory,video etc] in another motherboard to confirm that they are not at fault and if all is alright then its down to the motherboard.

[professadainty]

I just replaced a motherboard a few weeks ago and got three beeps with an award bios. I thought it was the memory, but i swapped it with a working module and the pc would not display anything. It turned out to be the video card wasn't seated correctly. So reseat the video card because i reseated several times before i actually got the system to boot.

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[sdrawkcab]

Boy, this sounds like a tough nut to crack... have you tried clearing the CMOS? Gigabyte boards are notorious in my experience for just needing a good CMOS flush now and then. If it's the dual-BIOS type try removing the battery for about 10 minutes also.

I have had some boards return video-related beeps when the monitor wasn't on, or the VGA d-sub cable was defective or had a bent pin on the card end. Trying another monitor would rule that one out. I have also seen some monitors (15-inch Mitsubishi DiamondScan) that were real picky about POSTing.

The GA-71XE has givin me problems with DIMM1... Sometimes moving the RAM to DIMM 3 would let it POST. This is my strongest suggestion. Hope this helps

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