Asus Z87-K, one long three short beeps = no vga, but it uses the Intel HD Graphics

[heine svendsen]

A PC build on the Asus Z87-K MOBO has worked fine for 9 months.
Now itgives out one long and three short beeps at start up indicating "no VGA available", but there has never been a descrete graphics card in this machine.
It uses the onboard Intel HD Graphics of the i7 4770 CPU.
If I turn the machine on and of maybe 100 times, it will suddenly boot just fine, and work for as logn as I only set it to slumber but does not turn it of completely.
It has a PCIe FireWire card, could it be this card, that the MOBO mistakes for a graphics card?

It's a Windows 7 Pro. 64-bit machine with 32 GB of RAM
The harddrives start up, so I don't think it could be the PSU.

 

[i7Baby]

Post your complete and detailed build.

Is it ami or ibm bios? http://www.computerhope.com/beep.htm

 

[heine svendsen]

I'm not sure, but it used to be ami bios, now it's uefi, and I don't see, who produces it.

I can only give you this build, as the pc is not mine, I put this question for someone els, who is not off the internet.
The PC cannot boot anymore - not even after 1000 tries.

Asus Z87-K
Core i7 4770
2x 8GB DDR3-1600 CL9 and 2x 8GB DDR3-1600 CL9, total 32 GB, bought as two pairs, but same kind exactely
512 GB Samsung 840 Pro SSD
2 TB Western Digital Black
DVD/CD burner
Cooler Master Silencio 550 enclosure
Enermas Thriatlor FC 550
Windows 9 Pro 64-bit
DeLock FW800 x3 PCIe

 

[i7Baby]

http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/Z87K/specifications/ says AMI bios. 1 long and 3 short beeps in ami bios is ram failure.

Test the ram in another pc with memtest86. Make sure your dimm slots are clean.

Take half the ram out and try. Go thru Tom's checklist - http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/261145-31-perform-steps-posting-post-boot-video-problems