can't post my Athlon 64 3000+ Venice

[Hal]

I have built a brand new system with an Abit AV8 pro motherboard and an
Athlon 64 3000+ Venice skt 939 and it will not post.
I have tried everything including different ram and vga cards etc. also
clearing the cmos.
There are no other items connected and it still does the same. I get
the guru code 9.0 on the motherboard display which is where the bios
should take over and then it starts a two tone beeping sound like a
siren! I have no way of testing the cpu on another board.
Could it be the Bios? HELP!!
Abit AV8 Pro mobo
AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Venice cpu (Retail)

 

[Robert Redelmeier]

I have built a brand new system with an Abit AV8 pro motherboard
and an Athlon 64 3000+ Venice skt 939 and it will not post.
I have tried everything including different ram and vga cards
etc. also clearing the cmos. There are no other items connected
and it still does the same.

This sounds bad. BIOS cleared, and no drives connected?
Video, kdb, no other cables?

I get the guru code 9.0 on the motherboard display which is

Is this the graphics card boot, or some mobo 7-seg display?
The general rule is that if you get anything, it was likely
under software control, so the CPU is probably OK (might overheat
if you don't have good thermal interface material).

where the bios should take over and then it starts a two
tone beeping sound like a siren!

The mobo speaker is under CPU software control.

Could it be the Bios?

Possibly, but the BIOS sounds like it's giving out some warning
you should look up. The RAM may be bad. Try booting with
different RAM, or zero RAM to see what happens.

Abit AV8 Pro mobo AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Venice cpu (Retail)

-- Robert

 

[Hal]

This sounds bad. BIOS cleared, and no drives connected?
Video, kdb, no other cables?


Is this the graphics card boot, or some mobo 7-seg display?
The general rule is that if you get anything, it was likely
under software control, so the CPU is probably OK (might overheat
if you don't have good thermal interface material).


The mobo speaker is under CPU software control.


Possibly, but the BIOS sounds like it's giving out some warning
you should look up. The RAM may be bad. Try booting with
different RAM, or zero RAM to see what happens.


-- Robert

Thanks,

I've tried different RAM and zero RAM but same problem.
The display is actually on the mobo itself, as I don't even get as far as
video display.
At least it sounds like the cpu is ok wondered if I might try a bigger PSU
like 500W
I've heard that these boards like plenty of juice.

 

[nobody]

I have built a brand new system with an Abit AV8 pro motherboard and an
Athlon 64 3000+ Venice skt 939 and it will not post.
I have tried everything including different ram and vga cards etc. also
clearing the cmos.
There are no other items connected and it still does the same. I get
the guru code 9.0 on the motherboard display which is where the bios
should take over and then it starts a two tone beeping sound like a
siren! I have no way of testing the cpu on another board.
Could it be the Bios? HELP!!
Abit AV8 Pro mobo
AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Venice cpu (Retail)

Try to re-seat the memory. Try different slots. Try to boot with
only one memory module installed - most 939 boards would work in
single channel memory config. If this doesn't help, it might be that
the board would not recognize the CPU correctly. A BIOS update might
help, but to do that you need to boot it off a floppy, so you are
basically screwed.

NNN

 

[George Macdonald]

I have built a brand new system with an Abit AV8 pro motherboard and an
Athlon 64 3000+ Venice skt 939 and it will not post.
I have tried everything including different ram and vga cards etc. also
clearing the cmos.
There are no other items connected and it still does the same. I get
the guru code 9.0 on the motherboard display which is where the bios
should take over and then it starts a two tone beeping sound like a
siren! I have no way of testing the cpu on another board.
Could it be the Bios? HELP!!
Abit AV8 Pro mobo
AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Venice cpu (Retail)

That two tone siren is usually to signal an alarm: could be a fan which is
not seen as running by the BIOS or a case intrusion header which needs a
jumper on it. What power supply do you have and is it a ATX12V V2 which
has a 24-pin connector with a separate 12V connector to the mbrd?

 

[The little lost angel]

I have built a brand new system with an Abit AV8 pro motherboard and an
Athlon 64 3000+ Venice skt 939 and it will not post.
I have tried everything including different ram and vga cards etc. also
clearing the cmos.
There are no other items connected and it still does the same. I get
the guru code 9.0 on the motherboard display which is where the bios
should take over and then it starts a two tone beeping sound like a
siren! I have no way of testing the cpu on another board.

Abit doesn't list a AV8 Pro model...

But according to a BIOS beep code thread on Abit-USA's forum, the two
tone siren on the AV8 indicates overheating or out of spec voltage. So
what kind of power supply are you using? Did you plug in the 2x2 4pin
+12V connector?

 

[Hal]

Abit doesn't list a AV8 Pro model...

But according to a BIOS beep code thread on Abit-USA's forum, the two
tone siren on the AV8 indicates overheating or out of spec voltage. So
what kind of power supply are you using? Did you plug in the 2x2 4pin
+12V connector?

Thnx,
Abit AV8 SKT939 K8T800PRO 800FSB 8xAGP SATA Sound GIG LAN Retail Box
All connecters are in, cpu fan running normally plenty of thermal paste etc
will try a new PSU.

 

[The little lost angel]

Abit AV8 SKT939 K8T800PRO 800FSB 8xAGP SATA Sound GIG LAN Retail Box
All connecters are in, cpu fan running normally plenty of thermal paste etc
will try a new PSU.

Hope you don't mind some stupid questions but sometimes even the most
experienced/best of us make careless mistakes so...

Did you remove the thermal interface material before applying the
thermal paste? Have you rechecked the seating of the CPU?

Also keep in mind that it could be the board's faulty so
reading/sensing wrong data to result in the error.

 

[Hal]

Hope you don't mind some stupid questions but sometimes even the most
experienced/best of us make careless mistakes so...

Did you remove the thermal interface material before applying the
thermal paste? Have you rechecked the seating of the CPU?

Also keep in mind that it could be the board's faulty so
reading/sensing wrong data to result in the error.

Thnx
Yes I've checked everything, applied new thermal paste, might be able to get
hold of another board to test the cpu, hopefully.

 

[Hal]

Thnx
Yes I've checked everything, applied new thermal paste, might be able to
get hold of another board to test the cpu, hopefully.

PROBLEM SOLVED!!
Got a new mobo locally now running smoothly :} The Abit board is going back!
Thanx