4 beeps, no display, need some help.

[tbschimel]

Hello, yes I searched and looked this up many times, I can’t find one recent enough that really describes all I’ve done and would like someone to help me further troubleshoot so I know what components to replace. I’m sort of set on it’s the MB, but I need more opinions.

It’s an Asus z97 board. I took all the ram out and cleaned the ports, put 1 stick in (8gb stick), removed the GPU, removed the SSD. Booted up and it gives me 4 beeps. Not short beeps, but regular beep length.

I can turn it off and back on continuously, manually and sometimes it boots up normal. Other times it continues to beep.

The VGA_LED light is red, however the GPU is not plugged in, so that is likely why.

I am in between MB and CPU. Any ideas what else I can try to determine what is causing these beeps?

Note: when it beeps no display is given. However it’s like that with the GPU in and when it’s out, but when the PC does boot normal (about once every 8-12 startups), I can access the bios, the computer works fine, I can game and run the GPU fine, pc seems normal. But I can then restart or boot fresh and get a repeat of errors mentioned above.

I’m kind of out of ideas.

I have a 1050 Corsair psu
Asus z97 board
i7-4790k cpu
32gb ram Corsair
GTX 980ti FTW
2x 256gb Samsung pro 840
1x 512gb Samsung pro 850
And a large CPU fan that looks like a V8 engine w several fans, this is not a heat issue.

Any help is appreciated.

 

[terry4536]

I am guessing that you have an AMI BIOS. Four Beeps indicates "The system clock/timer IC has failed or there is a memory error in the first bank of memory."

There couple of things that you can try. When you are having trouble, reset the CMOS. Then try rebooting again.

When it boots successfully, enter the BIOS and reset it to the defaults and exit saving the changes.

If those do not solve your issue, then I would try updating the BIOS the latest version. That can be downloaded from the manufacturers website for your exact motherboard. If that doesn't solve the problem, then I would return the motherboard. Generally you only have about 30 days to return it (it varies).

Otherwise a new motherboard would be my suggestion.



http://www.bioscentral.com/beepcodes/amibeep.htm

 

[tbschimel]

So this is what happened this time around. I plugged everything back in, put the ram in, put the gpu into slot 2, plugged the ssd back in. Start it up and it got stuck in a boot loop about 15 times. I sort of sat back and just rolled my eyes. I was happy to hear no beeping at least.

I took the battery for cmos out and hit the button for dram. I plugged cmos battery back in after 1 min approx and booted up. No beeps, no loops, but no display. Now it’s sitting here running with zero display and the dram_led in solid red on the mb.

That’s where I’m at right now.

Also; this is not a new build. I’ve had this PC setup for about 2 years. The beeping just randomly started about 2 weeks ago, got worse and worse until tonight when it just refused to do anything but beep.

Edit: I was able to boot into bios earlier and reset to defaults. So that has been done.

Edit2: I took everything back out and just one stick of ram in, and it’s giving me the 4 beeps again, rhe dram_led no longer red, and the vga_led is now red, as it is for the beeps.

 

[terry4536]

As I said earlier the 4 beeps also indicates a memory error. If you have any other compatible memory, you can try switching out the memory. But I do think the problem is probably in your motherboard.

Does the beeps change if you take the memory sticks out?

 

[terry4536]

I think that motherboard supports CrashFree BIOS 3 and ASUS EZ Flash 2. Using a USB thumb drive, you can download the newest version of the BIOS. Then you can update the BIOS without booting into the BIOS. You can check your manual for details.

 

[tbschimel]

I will try those suggestions.