A7S333 will not post

[M. Benton]

My MB will not post.. it just keeps beeping. I have pulled everthing out one
at a time and even changed the cpu... still no change, any suggestions?

 

[Rick Allen]

My MB will not post.. it just keeps beeping. I have pulled everthing out one
at a time and even changed the cpu... still no change, any suggestions?

You didn't say what beep pattern it was producing. My suggestion is to
start with just the basics (cpu, memory, and video card) installed and
see if it still beeps. If it does it would be either the video card or
the memory. Try it with just one stick first and go from there. Other
than that, maybe you can get into the bios and tell it to do voice
instead of beep on startup and that might give you a better idea of
what's going on. Hope this helps.

 

[Roy Coorne]

You didn't say what beep pattern it was producing. My suggestion is to
start with just the basics (cpu, memory, and video card) installed and
see if it still beeps. If it does it would be either the video card or
the memory. Try it with just one stick first and go from there. Other
than that, maybe you can get into the bios and tell it to do voice
instead of beep on startup and that might give you a better idea of
what's going on. Hope this helps.

I may add:
I had stability probs with my A7S333 (from one of the first production
series) and followed an advice which I found in this news group:
I installed WinXP not as ACPI but as Standard PC (you remember: at the
very beginning when pressing F6 is advised for installing drivers,
press F5...) - and up-to-date I have no longer unexpected BSOD.

Roy

 

[M. Benton]

It used to work, then it had a problem, the only thing I found was a bad nit
card which I replaced. The system took 14 hrs to reload XP pro. Then it ran
with 100%CPU usage and I could not get it to reduce by reducing processes. I
thought it had a MBR virus, but that did not pan out. I tried to reformat
again and XP would not finish loading as the CPU kept overheating and
shutting down. I took the cpu to a like machine and it would not post in it
either. That machine when the orgininal cpu was installed ran fine. I
replaced the cpu and this constant beeping came up, which was new to the
problem. I pulled each ram stick individually and no change. I pulled all
the other PCI cards etc. The beep codes say it is memory, unless both sticks
are bad?? Right now the video card and ram is installed, with the new cpu
and I get the continuous beeping. Not sure I want to put the ram in from the
like machine, is that my next step? Since the machine will not post it is
tough to get to the bios.

 

[KC Computers]

It used to work, then it had a problem, the only thing I found was a bad
nit

card which I replaced. The system took 14 hrs to reload XP pro. Then it ran
with 100%CPU usage and I could not get it to reduce by reducing processes. I
thought it had a MBR virus, but that did not pan out. I tried to reformat
again and XP would not finish loading as the CPU kept overheating and
shutting down. I took the cpu to a like machine and it would not post in it
either. That machine when the orgininal cpu was installed ran fine. I
replaced the cpu and this constant beeping came up, which was new to the
problem. I pulled each ram stick individually and no change. I pulled all
the other PCI cards etc. The beep codes say it is memory, unless both sticks
are bad?? Right now the video card and ram is installed, with the new cpu
and I get the continuous beeping. Not sure I want to put the ram in from the
like machine, is that my next step? Since the machine will not post it is
tough to get to the bios.

I recommend trying the RAM in a different machine. I also
recommend trying a different video card?

 

[Rick Allen]

It used to work, then it had a problem, the only thing I found was a bad nit
card which I replaced. The system took 14 hrs to reload XP pro. Then it ran
with 100%CPU usage and I could not get it to reduce by reducing processes. I
thought it had a MBR virus, but that did not pan out. I tried to reformat
again and XP would not finish loading as the CPU kept overheating and
shutting down. I took the cpu to a like machine and it would not post in it
either. That machine when the orgininal cpu was installed ran fine. I
replaced the cpu and this constant beeping came up, which was new to the
problem. I pulled each ram stick individually and no change. I pulled all
the other PCI cards etc. The beep codes say it is memory, unless both sticks
are bad?? Right now the video card and ram is installed, with the new cpu
and I get the continuous beeping. Not sure I want to put the ram in from the
like machine, is that my next step? Since the machine will not post it is
tough to get to the bios.

Have you tried using the cpu from the good machine? If that fails then
try the memory from the good board. One memory stick at a time, and try
them in different slots.