GA-890GPA-UD3H 3 long beeps continuous

[demonslayer]

Hi fellas,

seems iam chased by problems.Or maybe just have one beeing serious.

I have a complete new built.

1x GA-890GPA-UD3H Rev2.1 flashed to FF with QFlash
2x 4GB GSkills 1333 RipjawsX  = 8GB in Dualmode
1x Creative fatality X-fi
1x harddisk
1x Dvdrom
1x 650W Corsair for the Power.
1x EVGA gtx460 -DEAD

So i had the system running for 1 Day (aprox 15hours) and my EVGA GTX460 went by by.
So i sent it back to the shop and moved on with the internal grafic cards on the mainboard.

Watched moviez yesterday over DVD and Harddisk.Today i had 2 boots for surfing the internet.
After 4 hours i had another booting and here started my problems.
I DID change nothing to the previous running system.

So first the system wasnt booting at all - just beeping non stop with looong beeps.After pressing RESET 2 times it booted saying it has to run checkdsk because windows wasnt booted right.So ran checkdisk and it found a sector that needed a repair on my BRANDNEW disk.
by the way i had the complete Windows Security stuff running ("Security Essentials") + did all updates they asked me to do.
And i did not surf some crazy sites to get some viruses - so i dont have a clue whats up.

So tried to reboot - blämm continuous beeps from the board.

So i checked the manual and it says graphic card not inserted properly (what graphiccard by the way??).
Ok so pulled the cord and clicked the power switch to off and removed one DIMM.
And voila system boots.So at first i thought about a fried DIMM.

Put in the one i took out - system Beeped again.
So i took out the "working" one and put in the "dead" = Dead one works too.,

So somehow my Board wasnt able to boot witht the 2 Dimms no more.

so i played them on all slots and i wasnt able to boot with both installed.

I resetted the Bios (cord pulled,power to off,screwdriver to the cmos jumper and wait some secs).

=continuous Beeping on a Boot attempt.

So i tackeled arround another 15 minutes and blämm it booted like nothing happend before with 2 Dimms.

Now thats what i call unpredictable.

i guess theres something wrong here.

ive read the threads here where users had similar problems - but most of them seem to have done something wrong lol.

clear me up.

one thing i have to admit.I did skip 2 mounting screws on my mainboard right in the middle section.->any probs from that?

I have also to say i never overclocked or hacked the bios more then telling it to stop that logo and disable the internal audio + init peg first (which i did for my new graphiccard yet not arrived here)

[Dark Mantis]

Hi and welcome to the Gigabyte Forum.

I would say check the cables from the PSU and m,ake sure they are all solid. Sometimes the easiest way to test them is to boot up first and then try moving them around a bit and see if the system cut out etc.

Have you heard what was wrong with your graphics card that you RMAed ? It is possible the two problems are related.

Just because you have a brabd new disk doesn't mean that it can't be faulty or at least have faulty sectors on it.

Why did you not put the mounting posts and screws in the centre location holes ? Some boards do require a connection from the ground side of the motherboard to the chassis which is done through the fixing screws.

[demonslayer]

Hi there,

good to see a gold helper arround 
What is the PSU?I assume that Corsair thing with 650 Watt i bought which i dont know the english term?

I hooked up to the EVGA Forums to check about my graphiccard but the guys there just said - that this sometimes happens - a faulty graphiccard-.
I just did sent it back so i wont get any infos from the shop itself - just a refund i guess.

meanwhile i did screw in the missing screws into the mainboard.There is still one missing which i cant put in - the counterpart where the screw goes in on my chassis turns itself in its thread.(thread gone)

Basically my system now runs since hours again without a problem.

But i guess you might be right - my damaged graphiccard and the fall out of my board could be related in some kind.

i quadtripple checked all connections.- everything is plugged in perfectly until it cant go further/deeper.That goes from the Ram to the Powercables.

I also didnt use any force tp mount the ram or CPU cooler and bent the board.->i know MB dont like this - so i assembled everything out of the chasis as far as possible.

[absic]

Hi there,

First I wouldn't worry too much about the missing screw. As long as there is no shorting of the board this won't present any real problem.

Have you run MemTest on your RAM? If not it is the first thing I would do. Test each stick individually for at least 10 passes. If they both pass then you can be fairly certain that RAM isn't the problem.

There have been a couple of instances where the On-Board Graphics chip has caused a problem, usually with complete failure to BOOT and, if the problem occurs again I would probably look at RMA'ing the motherboard and having it checked out.

[demonslayer]

Hello,

i see.I assume Memtest is a DOS based software which i would have to burn on a CD to boot from?

After that last posting of mine the system ran another 5 hours with some reboots.

Now today morning i booted it and it first stated perfect.Then just before the Desktop i recieved a blue screen and reboot.
On the next Desktop booted Windows reported a crash and some codes and asked to search online for the solution.

things are getting strange here.

For those few compontents i have - my system is quiet bad.

[absic]

Yes, Memtest is DOS based and can run from either a CD or USB stick. You can download the latest version from here: http://www.memtest.org/#downiso

I would run this before going any further as, from what you're saying, it does seem like a memory issue but without testing you can't be sure.

[demonslayer]

Hi Absic,

so i did 8 full passes on the first DIMM without an single error.
This took aprox 6 hours or so.Is that normal=?

the only false thing is the timings.They are the same wrong value as under Bios.
9-9-9-24

but my rams must be 7-7-7-21 - i once hacked that into the bios but recieved a boot error.Ive read that you could raise the Dimm voltage to get it work?

Tomorrow i will proceed with the second DIMM.

What if my DIMMS are ok?Could this be a faulty motherboard??

i checked the whole forum for threads with that board and it seems there are quiet some guys haveing very similar experiences as me..
post 7 here sounds like i could have wrote it :
http://forum.giga-byte.co.uk/index.php/topic,1930.0.html

especially this guys seems to have EXACTLY what i have with the same RAM:
http://forum.giga-byte.co.uk/index.php/topic,2163.0.html

[Dark Mantis]

Yes it does take hours to do a thorough test. It is just one of those things that you do to be certain.

I wouldn't worry about the memory timings at the moment just make sure they are all 100%.

[demonslayer]

i just had some sparetime and thought about reflashing my BIOS (FF) with @Bios.
So i started the Software and connected to the US Server.
This time i actually read what revision it tells me it found.,
it says - V.2.0!
But i have the 2.1......

So this time i went to the Gigabyte Website and checked for Bios and it seems they have a newer one called T3 Beta Bios    which supports AM3+
which mabye is better for my phenox x6??
http://www.gigabyte.de/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3516&dl=1#bios

so i will flash with this Bios.If you dont hear from me again i fried my Bios.
Joke just will take a backup.

Edit - ok flashed it - and observing.
Will test the other Dimm for sure.

[demonslayer]

second Dimm tested for 8 passes and zero errors on that one too!!

no crashes or boot failures since 24h.

tomorrow morning ill start the next attempt to boot with the 2 Dimms (iam running both right now).
lets see if i get the error again.....

[Dark Mantis]

Thanks for the update and at least it doesn't look like the memory is faulty so we can dismiss that.

[demonslayer]

jep - i hope it keeps stable.experience tells me that the problem will turn up again soon.
I guess then i must point my eye to the MB or CPU..

there is one question i have.

as my ram is 7-7-7-21 i would like to run it with that latency times.
am i right that i must edit the first 4 terms in the bios saying 9-9-9-25 right now?
Those are the first ones read from above.
i once tried that but i get a message prompted from the bios - that i must restore my values t proceed with the booting.

[Dark Mantis]

If you want to set your memory timings then what you said is correct but you will need to set the voltage also manually. Because it isn't safe to run your memory at more than 1333 you might as well make use of the tighter timings available.

[demonslayer]

did not understand that.

i dont want to run the memory at more then 1333.

but i assume i will have to regulate the right voltage - which i first must check out on the Gskill site.

the funny thing is that my Easytune shows 7.0-7-7-20 at 533 mhz in the "timing table".
However i dont thrust that tool.

[Dark Mantis]

7-7-7-20 is a fairly tight timing and as you are using it instead of trying to get a speed increase you will probably be able to decrease the voltage to of the memory. This is always good as it means less heat.