Asus P4P800-VM beeps?

[Paul]

PC starts up , gives a quick 2 beeps at the BIOS screen , starts normally.
Runs perfectly.

Is a dual beep a normal startup now?

I am used to a single beep at power up on every other system I have built.

P4 2.8GHz 800MHzFSB 512cache
2 matching pairs of 512mb SpecTek PC2700, for 2 Gig dual channel.
ATI 9800Pro 128mb 8x AGP
Maxtor 160gb P-ATA 7200rpm (S-ATA disabled in BIOS)

There are some boards that beep for each USB device connected.
Try removing all USB devices and see how many beeps you get.

Paul

 

[Sept1967]

All I have connected USB, is a Sony CLIE handheld dock, but empty.

But, that could be what is making it beep. It's a new motherboard, new
quirks.

 

[John]

I think it is a memory problem, u have pc2700 (333mhz) at my opinion u must
use pc3200 (400mhz)
2 beep is a memory error code

gr. John

 

[Sept1967]

PC starts up , gives a quick 2 beeps at the BIOS screen , starts normally.
Runs perfectly.

Is a dual beep a normal startup now?

I am used to a single beep at power up on every other system I have built.

P4 2.8GHz 800MHzFSB 512cache
2 matching pairs of 512mb SpecTek PC2700, for 2 Gig dual channel.
ATI 9800Pro 128mb 8x AGP
Maxtor 160gb P-ATA 7200rpm (S-ATA disabled in BIOS)

 

[Paul]

I think it is a memory problem, u have pc2700 (333mhz) at my opinion u must
use pc3200 (400mhz)
2 beep is a memory error code

gr. John

From the manual, Table 2:

Table 2 Memory frequency/CPU FSB synchronization
CPU FSB DDR DIMM Type Memory Frequency
800 MHz PC3200/PC2700*/PC2100 400/333*/266 MHz
533 MHz PC2700/PC2100 333/266 MHz
400 MHz PC2100 266 MHz

* When using 800MHz CPU FSB, PC2700 DDR DIMMs may run
only at 320MHz (not 333MHz) due to chipset limitation.

Paul

 

[John]

but u need a FSB at 400mhz for a P4 2.8 800

gr. John

 

[Paul]

but u need a FSB at 400mhz for a P4 2.8 800

gr. John

These are the original poster's specs.

P4 2.8GHz 800MHzFSB 512cache
2 matching pairs of 512mb SpecTek PC2700, for 2 Gig dual channel.

The clock is 200MHz. The FSB is quad pumped to FSB800.
That means (4) 64 bit chunks of data are transferred per each
of the 200MHz processor clock cycles. The table says, at 800,
you can use PC3200/PC2700/PC2100, and he is using PC2700,
which is just fine.

HTH,
Paul