my pc shutdown after a second of booting and keeps beeping and it will not stop for 10 seconds if i pull the power cable out.

[neilmeurs]

can someone explean this problem. i have a hp xw4400 and this motherboard should support the core2quad q6600 but it does not. so i switched back to core2duo e6600 and put 6gb ram in it instead of 4gb. and now the pc will not start and keeps beeping all the time and it will not stop. checked my ram and graphicscard and cpu fan and motherboard cables but the psu shutdown instandly with the computer if i want to try to boot. is my psu dead? of is my motherboard dead? please help me...

 

[rgd1101]

what happened if you put only the original 4gb?

 

[neilmeurs]

nothing... i still have got the same problem.
according to google its the psu or system board (motherboard) or keyboard problem (i pulled the keyboard cable out of the case so that i am sure it is not the keyboard that is causing the problem)'.
so are there any more suggestions?

sorry for my bad english by the way.

 

[Supahos]

how many beeps? it that will tell you... it should be a certain number of beeps per cycle (2,3,4) and some of them may be longer or shorter. Google the meaning (such as 3 short beeps on mother board) and see what it has to say.

 

[neilmeurs]

it will make 8 beeps then it stops for 2 seconds and it will do the same after that.

 

[Supahos]

Blinks red 8 times (once per second), then a 2-second pause, and then 8 beeps
Invalid system ROM based on bad checksum. Entering FailSafe (Boot Block) recovery mode:
1.Reflash the system ROM (FailSafe Boot Block ROM Recovery).
2.Replace the system board.


that doesn't sound promising.

 

[neilmeurs]

i am replacing it with an asrock motherboard. will this help?
actually i am not so noob in these things but i never had these problems before in my life so... probably i need to replace the motherboard. i will try it.

 

[Supahos]

Sounds like a fried board to me, so long as a faulty Powersupply didn't fry it you will fix it... if not you may just BBQ another board.

 

[neilmeurs]

Sounds like a fried board to me, so long as a faulty Powersupply didn't fry it you will fix it... if not you may just BBQ another board.

well I found the problem. it just needed a bios update before I switched the cpus.