BIOS beep code - 1 long 2 short or 1 long and 3 short?

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#280046 23-Nov-2020 22:19

Hi All

Building a new PC and getting stuck on BIOS beep codes and PC not boot at all (fans spin no POST)...

Its a Gigabyte Gaming X B550 board with an AMI BIOS,

At about 8 seconds into the clip below you can hear the beeps..

https://voca.ro/1jsPGo79955Q

I'm unsure if its 1 long then 3 short as the pause between beep 1 and 2 is different length to 2 and 3 and 3 and 4...

So GFX or RAM, but surely even if the RAM is not on QVL, it should still boot?

https://www.lifewire.com/amibios-beep-codes-2624543

Thanks

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#2609540 23-Nov-2020 22:33

I hear 1 long and 2 short, so I would go with GFX.

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#2609553 23-Nov-2020 23:53

I hear 1 long a blip then 2 short. Not a lot of help at this time of night. :)

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#2609554 24-Nov-2020 00:13

definitely one long two short - so gfx memory

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#2609592 24-Nov-2020 09:20

Had another listen on my work PC. (Also download and pulled the sound file appart :)

As others have said definitley 1 long 2 short.

The blip I hear after the long beep is an encoding artefact. I'm guessing recorded on an Android 10 device.

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#2609750 24-Nov-2020 12:46

Seems like it was lack of power for the GPU. I had two 6 pin PCI-e cables connected. As soon as I put the GPU in another rig with 6+2 it worked fine.

So grabbed a PSU at lunch today and will see how that goes as I know the GPU isn't faulty as it worked in another system.

Spent too long trying to hear if it was RAM (3 beeps) or GPU (2 beeps.

Thanks all

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#2610170 25-Nov-2020 08:39

New PSU solved the problem.

There were also two red lights on the EVGA RTX3070 with the old PSU, seems they were error lights not power lights.

So 2 red lights on a 3070 is not enough power, use 8 pin not 6 pin pcie.

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#2610173 25-Nov-2020 08:54

if it has an 8 pin plug (6+2) on it you should use an 8 pin cable, not a 6 pin one.

mentalinc

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#2610174 25-Nov-2020 08:56

Which is interesting as the book that can with the card said attach 6 or 8 pin cable. So tried the 6, no luck

The prior post of mine was more a response and update but also a google keyword search as i didn't find anything when hunting on Monday night.

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#2610183 25-Nov-2020 09:14

all the EVGA cards on their website list "Two available 8-pin or 6+2pin PCIe power dongles"