I have a system here with an Asus Z97M-Plus mainboard and i5-4670 processor. When powered up I get one long and three short beeps, indicating that no video card was detected. I added in a nVidia GT610 PCIe video card, but get the same beep codes. I'm hoping someone may have an idea on how to resolve this problem.
I have tried the following:
I spend about two hours troubleshooting the system in a multitude of configurations. ONE time is actually did boot and I was able to press F1 and get into the BIOS settings but after saving the settings the system did not restart properly. If I remember correctly, the BIOS is v 0220. There is a newer BIOS available, but no idea how I could flash it.
I have tried the following:
- Cleared the CMOS settings using the jumper on the mainboard AND also by removing the coin battery.
- Reseated the CPU in the socket, with fresh thermal paste on the cooler.
- Removed the RAM and booted - One long and two short beeps, repeating quickly.
- Tried a known good power supply.
- Tested the system connected to VGA or DVI or HDMI on both the mainboard video ports and the nVidia ports.
- Tried the nVidia G610 card in both PCIe slots
- Pressed and held the RAM OK button several different times
- Tried the GPU Boost switch in all three positions
I spend about two hours troubleshooting the system in a multitude of configurations. ONE time is actually did boot and I was able to press F1 and get into the BIOS settings but after saving the settings the system did not restart properly. If I remember correctly, the BIOS is v 0220. There is a newer BIOS available, but no idea how I could flash it.