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Title: GA-Z170X-Gaming 3: One long beep, no short beep, then boots!
Post by: aidin36 on November 21, 2015, 05:42:50 pm

Hi everyone,

I recently  bought a Z170X-Gaming 3. When I power it up, I hear a long beep, but no short beep after that. However, it boots after the long beep.

I searched around the web, and some people suggest that it have something to do with the case. I moved my system to a new case, but the problem still exists.

Any idea?
Thanks in advanced.

Configuration:
GA-Z170X-Gaming 3
Core i7 - 6740K
Gskill Ripjaws V 8GBx2 2133Mhz DDR4
No VGA
PSU: 450W

Title: Re: GA-Z170X-Gaming 3: One long beep, no short beep, then boots!
Post by: autotech on November 22, 2015, 01:26:06 pm

What PSU are you using? Specs of PSU?

Title: Re: GA-Z170X-Gaming 3: One long beep, no short beep, then boots!
Post by: absic on November 22, 2015, 02:03:21 pm

Without hearing the beep it is hard to say if there is actually an error. I would have thought that one beep then booting OK would indicate that everything is fine. Check this FAQ: http://forum.giga-byte.co.uk/index.php?topic=2248.msg82260#msg82260 and you will see what I mean.

Title: Re: GA-Z170X-Gaming 3: One long beep, no short beep, then boots!
Post by: aidin36 on November 23, 2015, 04:29:36 pm

Thanks for your time (:

PSU is Coller Master Thunder 450W.
ATX 12V V2.31

Here's the product page, including full specification:
http://www.coolermaster.com/powersupply/thunder/thunder-450w/

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It's a three-second beep, not a short one. So I think there's a problem somwhere.
Here I record the sound:
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/aidin36/sharedstuffs/master/beep.ogg

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Another note:
If I power off the machine, and power it up again, I hear only a short beep. But for the first time, there always a long beep.

Title: Re: GA-Z170X-Gaming 3: One long beep, no short beep, then boots!
Post by: dmdilks on November 23, 2015, 04:57:23 pm

Quote from: aidin36 on November 21, 2015, 05:42:50 pm

I recently  bought a Z170X-Gaming 3. When I power it up, I hear a long beep, but no short beep after that. However, it boots after the long beep.

If it is booting and you are not having any other problem. I wouldn't worry about to the day it doesn't. If you are only getting the one beep it is telling that everything is OK.

Title: Re: GA-Z170X-Gaming 3: One long beep, no short beep, then boots!
Post by: aidin36 on November 26, 2015, 10:25:34 am

It's a one *long* beep. You can here it on the file I shared in previous posts.

As far as I know, a short beep means everything is fine. And a long beep shoud be followed by one or more short beeps that shows what the error is. But this is only a one long beep. I couldn't find anything about it on the web.

Title: Re: GA-Z170X-Gaming 3: One long beep, no short beep, then boots!
Post by: shadowsports on November 26, 2015, 01:36:19 pm

Have you tried swapping or reseating your RAM
Loading set up defaults in BIOS
Confirm the CPU fan is indeed connected to the correct header

Like others have mentioned, it could just be normal.  The only part that is different is that is only happens on cold boot.

Title: [Solved] GA-Z170X-Gaming 3: One long beep, no short beep, then boots!
Post by: aidin36 on November 27, 2015, 01:12:13 pm

I contact the Gigabyte support, and they told me I should upgrade to the latest BIOS, because they fixed some bugs in it.

My BIOS version was F2, and I upgraded it to F2e which was the latest. And problem solved! Now I get only one short beep.

Thanks everyone for your replies. (:

Note: As it also mentioned on the Gigabyte documents, upgrading BIOS is a very dangerous and risky action. Proceed with caution!