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Today I put together a new system with the EP41-UD3L motherboard, an Intel Core 2 Duo E8400, 2x1GB RAM, and a Radeon HD 4770.
When I hit the power button, one of three things happens. I haven't figured out why the first two happen now and then, but they seem to happen occasionally. After #1 or 2 happens and the computer reboots, #3 inevitably happens.
1) My monitor turns on, says there's no signal, and goes back to sleep. POST beeps once, "normal startup" according to everything. Computer restarts after a few seconds.
2) My monitor turns on, the full-screen Gigabyte splash screen comes up, keyboard is unresponsive, computer restarts after a few seconds.
3) The monitor doesn't wake up, POST gives 4 long beeps, computer restarts.
The motherboard's manual says nothing about 4 long beeps; the closest is "continuous long beeps," which means "graphics card inserted incorrectly."
I first reseated the graphics card and the 6x power cable; no effect. I then did it again a few times, but nothing changed. I'm pretty sure it's seated correctly.
I have also tried using a different graphics card, an nVidia GeForce 8500. That didn't help. I have this card in now.
Now when I turn on the computer, it gives me the 4 long beeps, restarts, and repeats.
Another behavior I had earlier was that it gave me 1 short beep "normal startup" without the monitor turning on, then restarting, and repeating.
Today I put together a new system with the EP41-UD3L motherboard, an Intel Core 2 Duo E8400, 2x1GB RAM, and a Radeon HD 4770.
When I hit the power button, one of three things happens. I haven't figured out why the first two happen now and then, but they seem to happen occasionally. After #1 or 2 happens and the computer reboots, #3 inevitably happens.
1) My monitor turns on, says there's no signal, and goes back to sleep. POST beeps once, "normal startup" according to everything. Computer restarts after a few seconds.
2) My monitor turns on, the full-screen Gigabyte splash screen comes up, keyboard is unresponsive, computer restarts after a few seconds.
3) The monitor doesn't wake up, POST gives 4 long beeps, computer restarts.
The motherboard's manual says nothing about 4 long beeps; the closest is "continuous long beeps," which means "graphics card inserted incorrectly."
I first reseated the graphics card and the 6x power cable; no effect. I then did it again a few times, but nothing changed. I'm pretty sure it's seated correctly.
I have also tried using a different graphics card, an nVidia GeForce 8500. That didn't help. I have this card in now.
Now when I turn on the computer, it gives me the 4 long beeps, restarts, and repeats.
Another behavior I had earlier was that it gave me 1 short beep "normal startup" without the monitor turning on, then restarting, and repeating.
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