Single beep, but pc isnt starting.

[Hemant1711]

Hi, i cant start my pc.
It gives single beep but dsnt boot up.
Heres wat i'v already tried,
I'v removed gcard n tried with internal video card, same prob,

I'v tried removing battery n resetting bios, i can atleast open bios after this, but whn i save n exit, again no display.

I'v tried removing cpu n putting back again. Same problem.
I cant find where the problem is.

 

[Hemant1711]

The only time i get a display is when i reset bios by removing bettery. Otherwise m getting nothing on display

 

[techgeek]

What are your system specs? Do you have a dedicated graphics card? If so, do you have the monitor cable connected to it and not an onboard output?

 

[Hemant1711]

My pc jus started, i tried. Thn i shut down,
Thn i restarted n enabled xmp profile in bios and boom, again it wont boot up.
Can it be the problem of memory?

 

[Hemant1711]

Motherboard - Gig z87M-D3H
Memory - Kingston KHX1600C9D3B1/4G HyperX Blu 4GB 1600MHz DDR3 Non-ECC CL9 X 2, Total 8GB.
Intel i5 4440
G card - Zotac Nvidia GT 730 2 GB,

 

[Hemant1711]

And yes monitor cable n all other cables are connected perfectly

 

[Hemant1711]

If i remove n insert back my Ram, i can start pc, but after that i cant restart, to start pc again i hv to again remove n insert ram.
Is this the sign that my ram is the problem? Or smthing else?

 

[Hemant1711]

Now m more confused. This time i did not touch ram, but instead removed n inserted back hard disk wire in motherboard, and pc started.
And again whn trying to restart, it woudnt boot.

So each time whn i want to start my pc i hv to either remover n insert ram, or hard disk wire.

Is the problem related to power?

 

[techgeek]

Try with just one DIMM, if that doesn't work, try the other. Then try different slots if you can't narrow it down to one DIMM.

 

[Hemant1711]

I'v tried with single stick, with each stick in each slot,
Its still same.
I can start my pc but thats it.
To start it again i hv to either remove n insert ram, or hard disk wire,
Thats why m confused, i cant understand how its related,, unless its power related problem

 

[techgeek]

Have you tried with XMP disabled?

 

[Hemant1711]

Yes, it is disabled,
Now at last probl is, i can boot my pc, but i cant reboot.

As far as i can tell its happning with,
Hard disk,
Battery,
Ram,

If i remove any of these n insert again i can boot pc,

 

[techgeek]

Yes, it is disabled,
Now at last probl is, i can boot my pc, but i cant reboot.

As far as i can tell its happning with,
Hard disk,
Battery,
Ram,

If i remove any of these n insert again i can boot pc,

Do you have the latest BIOS version for your motherboard? According to GigaByte's website the latest is F11.

 

[Hemant1711]

No i dnt hv latest bios version, but i'v read smwhr that updating bios can b dangerous.
So u suggesting i should update it?

 

[Hemant1711]

and i'v never updated bios,
i'v downloaded file, but i hv no idea how to update bios,
So m reading on Gigabyt's website about updating bios, i'll point out some things which i cant understand there,

1st - If your BIOS is flash protected, please do not enable BIOS Flash Protection under Advanced CMOS Setup (AMI BIOS) or Advanced BIOS Features (AWARD BIOS) in BIOS menu.

2nd - Three BIOS Flash Utilities...
We provide three BIOS flash utilities at our website. Below are the overviews -
Qflash
@BIOS
DOS flash utility
( which one of these should i use? )

 

[techgeek]

This link is to your motherboard manual:

Z87-D3H Manual

Look at page 75 and lower. This details the procedure. I recommend the QFlash. It's pretty simple. DOS is more complex (need an external bootable device), @BIOS is done from Windows and I don't like doing BIOS updates from Windows.

Does your computer crash once you get it to boot and enter the BIOS. As long as your computer is stable once it starts, then you should have no problem updating the BIOS. If it crashes on you in the BIOS, then you shouldn't update the BIOS.

 

[Hemant1711]

Right now pc is working, but if i want to reboot it, it wont, it wont even go to the bios screen where i can open bios, i'll jus hear a single beep and thats it nothing on screen,
But if i remove smthing in motherboeard n put it back again,
it'll start normally..

So if its working and i restart it simply it wont go to bios ...
Should i try updating bios?

 

[Hemant1711]

m goin to update it with "Bios live update utility" and in its manual its showing that it wont reboot when updating bios, its saying it'll update bios and thn i'll hv to restart pc...

 

[techgeek]

Right now pc is working, but if i want to reboot it, it wont, it wont even go to the bios screen where i can open bios, i'll jus hear a single beep and thats it nothing on screen,
But if i remove smthing in motherboeard n put it back again,
it'll start normally..

So if its working and i restart it simply it wont go to bios ...
Should i try updating bios?

So when it POST's you can't get into the BIOS? Going from QFlash is the safest update option in my opinion.

 

[Hemant1711]

Right now pc is working, but if i want to reboot it, it wont, it wont even go to the bios screen where i can open bios, i'll jus hear a single beep and thats it nothing on screen,
But if i remove smthing in motherboeard n put it back again,
it'll start normally..

So if its working and i restart it simply it wont go to bios ...
Should i try updating bios?

So when it POST's you can't get into the BIOS? Going from QFlash is the safest update option in my opinion.

Qflash-
A BIOS flash utility embedded in Flash ROM. Not all motherboards have the Q-Flash, please use @BIOS or DOS flash utility to update BIOS if your motherboard does not have Q-Flash.

- Make sure you have a functional floppy disk with the correct BIOS version for your motherboard.

My pc dsnt hv floppy slot.

 

[Hemant1711]

I think i can do it with pendrive too. is that right?

 

[techgeek]

Yes you can put the unzipped file on a USB stick. Your motherboard has QFlash. The manual details how to get into it. I think you need to hit End when it POST's. Just have a look at page 75, it tells you everything you need to know.

 

[Hemant1711]

Well i'v updated bios.
But that problem is still same. I can start pc.
But after shut down i hv to open case n remove n plug in smthing if i wanna start my pc again.

 

[techgeek]

Did you perform Step 4 on page 77 after the BIOS update? This loads optimized defaults.

 

[Hemant1711]

Yea. I did.