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Flyer1010
09-10-2010, 08:58 PM
This is my first experience building a PC

System:
Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD4P
Intel Core i7-860 (quad-core)
Crucial 8192MB (8GB) PC3-12800 DDR3
eVGA Geforce GTX 260 Core 216 896MB DDR3 PCI-E
Western Digital 1000GB 7200rpm SATA

At my first boot, a long constant beeping sound occurred. My first thought went to the installation of the ram. When I ordered the Crucial DDR3, only one stick arrived.

Should I have received two?

I saw in the installation instructions they he used a DDR2 and 3. Do I need to order another so I do not have this beeping noise anymore?

(written later)
After re-reading my Motherboard's manual, I found that a long continuous beep is the graphics card. So I guess I will need to check both tomorrow morning.

All help is appreciated.

RickyTick
09-10-2010, 09:25 PM
Something's not right. Crucial doesn't seem to make an 8gb kit of DDR3 12800.
Maybe you ordered two 4gb kits. I don't know. One thing is for sure, 8gb is far more ram than you need.

Flyer1010
09-11-2010, 06:46 AM
Ricky,

This is the Ram I ordered:

http://www.crucial.com/store/partspecs.aspx?imodule=bl25664bn1608&pid=862686

This morning I cleared the CMOS. I took out the Ram, turned the computer on, same long, continuous beeping noise.

Took out the video card. Same beep.

I even moved the RAM to slot 3 (manual says 1 and 3 are fine for one RAM module)

Flyer1010
09-11-2010, 08:19 AM
I reinstalled everything, and when I turn the system on, I receive a long series of fast, short beeps.

The manual states that this is a problem with power. How can this be? All the fans turn on and the motherboard lights up.

RickyTick
09-11-2010, 11:39 AM
At the corner of the motherboard near the processor is an 8 pin power connector. Do you have a connection there?