No post boot and beeping indicating hardware failure

[mdl350]

Hi guys have been looking through this website but can't find an answer to this problem I have a asus a88x gamer motherboard and a amd x4 860k processor all fitted too the board correctly had it apart 4 times now checking it has a new corsair 750watt power supply and new cool master heat sink cooler and fan fan is plugged in correctly. And checked all power connection 8pin in and 24pin correctly.
But on powering up I get one long beep and 4 short which asus say hardWare failure.....
The board lights up fan comes on. But no picture also have tried cos battery removable and board reset with pins bridged but still the same any idea how I can find out if it's motherboard or cpu at fault? With out great expensive. Thanks Mark

 

[alexoiu]

Hi, Are you using a graphics card? If not, you'd need one.

 

[mdl350]

Hi, Are you using a graphics card? If not, you'd need one.

 

[mdl350]

No just using on board graphics at moment I have a graphics card but not fitted or connected at moment it's not the lack of picture I am worried about its the fact the motherboard is beeping a hardware issue and only have motherboard processor fan and heat sink with psu and the psu and fan and heat sink are new.

 

[alexoiu]

The board does not have integrated graphics. It uses the CPU's one, and the 860k does not have integrated graphics. Try installing the graphics card, connect the monitor to it (not motherboard) and test.

 

[mdl350]

The board does not have integrated graphics. It uses the CPU's one, and the 860k does not have integrated graphics. Try installing the graphics card, connect the monitor to it (not motherboard) and test.

 

[mdl350]

Are you sure on this as the motherboard has hdmi out dvi out and vga out on the back of the board so I thought it would have on board graphics

 

[alexoiu]

Yes, if you check the specifications, it says: Integrated AMD Radeon™ R/HD8000/HD7000 Series Graphics in the A-Series APU.
So the board uses the APU integrated graphics.

 

[mdl350]

Yes, if you check the specifications, it says: Integrated AMD Radeon™ R/HD8000/HD7000 Series Graphics in the A-Series APU.
So the board uses the APU integrated graphics.

 

[mdl350]

I am lost so I read that as it had integrated graphics but is this not the case then and what is the APU?

 

[mdl350]

And why does it have hdmi dvi and vga on the board I am really confused ;-(

 

[alexoiu]

The board can use APU and Athlon CPUs. https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/A88XGAMER/HelpDesk_CPU/
APU are AMD processors with integrated graphics (CPU and GPU together, let's say).
Athlon do not have integrated graphics. However, trust me on this and consider installing a graphics card.

 

[mdl350]

The board can use APU and Athlon CPUs. https://www.asus.com/Motherboards/A88XGAMER/HelpDesk_CPU/
APU are AMD processors with integrated graphics (CPU and GPU together, let's say).
Athlon do not have integrated graphics. However, trust me on this and consider installing a graphics card.

 

[mdl350]

OMG I have spent hours messing about with this I will take your word on it only thing I'd now I need too sort some ram out too retest it as the ram I have I found out is not compatible with the motherboard I went too my sisters today too borrow the ram out of her pc as this was compatible as it must be unbuffered non eec and mine is not so will have too borrow hers or get some ram before I can test with graphics card :-(

 

[mdl350]

So not have a graphics card would give me the hardware error then?

 

[mdl350]

I no I was getting a different error when had the wrong ram in there but with the ram out of my sisters pc was just the hardware error.

 

[alexoiu]

What's the RAMs model?

 

[mdl350]

What's the RAMs model?

 

[mdl350]

What the one that is right?

 

[alexoiu]

The one you have.

 

[mdl350]

The one you have.

 

[mdl350]

At the moment I have 8 sticks of ddr3 ram 4gb but non of them are unbuffered and when I put any of them in I get a beep error message for ram but when I put my sisters Kingston unbuffered ram in get no error for ram.

 

[mdl350]

At the moment I have 8 sticks of ddr3 ram 4gb but non of them are unbuffered and when I put any of them in I get a beep error message for ram but when I put my sisters Kingston unbuffered ram in get no error for ram. I just get hardware beep error message.

 

[alexoiu]

try testing both memory and graphics card from your sister, if possible.

 

[mdl350]

try testing both memory and graphics card from your sister, if possible.