[SOLVED] Monitors not powered, 1 long 4 short beeps from ami bios

[xephan]

Problem with my computer. Ami bios, 1 long followed by 4 short beeps. Unable to look up what it means but I assume it's under the ram category. Also both my monitors seem to no longer get power. There's no lights on either of the monitors and nothing happens after my computer turns on (it stays turned on, fans spinning)

I've tried relocating memory sticks, both individual as well as swapped slots. I've yet to get another psu and cpu cooler

 

[atljsf]

ram, yes

remove, clean ram reseat ram, if multiple moduels, use only one untill you fidn one on one of the slots that works

 

[xephan]

That didn't do the trick. I tried both to boot with each of them alone, then another time with swapped slots. Didn't work.

 

[atljsf]

cpu fan, is connected where it is supposed to, in cpu_fan conenctor?

the beeps you mention points to hardware error but not specifically to a part in particular

what are the specs of the pc?

 

[xephan]

As for specs it's not exactly a brand new one and it has served me well in quite a few years.
Cpu fans are connected properly.

Cpu i5 4670k
Cpu fan corsair h100i (I also tried fitting the cm hyper evo 212 with no change of outcome)
Ram 16gb ballistix ram 9-9-9-24 timing
Gpu msi gtx 980
Psu Corsair cx750m
1 250gb Samsung evo 850 sad
1 500gb Samsungevo 850 ssd
Mobo Asus z87-a

 

[atljsf]

can you try to use the pc without the 980? using the onboard gpu

also reset bios, remove the cmos battery while turned off and disconnected

 

[xephan]

The cmos battery was also removed, forgot to mention. After that it began doing the beeps, none were audible before.
I'll try to boot without the gpu

 

[xephan]

Booting without gpu had an effect, though not anything helpful. The fans were running significantly faster, but no change on the problem.

 

[atljsf]

can you try with a different ram stick?

do you have a extra psu to discard problems in the psu?

 

[xephan]

I'll be unable to test different psu and or ram until tomorrow. Thanks for the effort, guys. I'll update when I can!

 

[ko888]

The ASUS Z87 chipset motherboards use the following BIOS POST beep codes:

 

[xephan]

Well... I don't know what to say. There's no longer any beeps of any sort, computer runs fine though my monitors remain off. This is beginning to bother me. I can't diagnose it, haha

 

[atljsf]

if nothing works and mainboard reports random stuff, the mainboard would be the problem, the first beep code iirc is ram or gpu, if you discarded those two and now mainboard is doing something different, to me is the mainboard but as you say, can't diagnose properly

 

[RyanTodd1]

Have you tried connecting monitors elsewhere to see if they come there? Maybe a power surge that could have affected the monitors more than anything - long shot i know but worth a shot if you can... connect them to laptop or something?

 

[xephan]

The monitors both work perfectly on another pc i hooked up. Unfortunately I'm unable to take ram or psu from it since its a laptop... or gpu for that matter

 

[xephan]

This has got to be the absolute dumbest problem I've ever encountered.. what the issue was, was a defected cpu fan motor. The fan was flawless in the eyes of my system, but upon further inspection of the parts (individually taken apart) I tried to plug in a free ran I had laying on my desk... which solved it.
No cpu warnings or anything relevant, just my own curiosity that eventually lead me to the fix. Thanks to all for the ideas, even though this solution was absolutely irrelevant to what we all thought could be the reason for the problem.
- my fan replacement is not a static pressure fan, so I'll need to go get a new one, but for now I'll have to suffice with a working air pressure fan.

(Idk how to mark it as solved when I found the solution myself)

 

[ko888]

The beep code indicated that you had a hardware component failure. A dead cooling fan is definitely a hardware component failure.

 

[atljsf]

a shame the system couldn't be more clear there