Abit AS8 won't boot

My beloved Abit AS8 seems to have given up the ghost! I went to boot it up
yesterday and just got 1 long beep and 3 short ones, then code 96 on the LED
and the system powers down. I have...

reset the bios
removed all hard drives
changed memory
changed AGP graphics card
changed power supply
changed CPU

but always the same result!

Seems ready to be pronounced dead to me, don't know anything else to try!

Peter Allison
Wootton Bassett, UK

Peter Allison wrote:
|
| My beloved Abit AS8 seems to have given up the ghost! I went to boot
| it up yesterday and just got 1 long beep and 3 short ones, then code 96
| on the LED and the system powers down. I have...
|
| reset the bios
| removed all hard drives
| changed memory
| changed AGP graphics card
| changed power supply
| changed CPU
|
| but always the same result!
|
| Seems ready to be pronounced dead to me, don't know anything else to
| try!
|
| Peter Allison
| Wootton Bassett, UK
|

Hello Peter -

Do you have another keyboard to try? The beep code you're receiving
indicates there's a problem with your keyboard.

If you're using a PS/2 keyboard, try a USB keyboard instead.

Jef



Basic Beep Codes for ABIT AWARD BIOS Motherboards

No beep at all - this means your motherboard is dead, either due to a
defective or underpowered power supply, poorly seated CPU or RAM, or a
dead-on-arrival board

1 short (Beep) System booting is normally

1 long beep then machine shuts down - faulty, improperly installed or
missing CPU

2 short (Beep) CMOS setting error

1 long - 1 short (Beep) DRAM ERROR

1 long - 2 short (Beep) Display card or monitor connected error

1 long - 3 short (Beep) Keyboard Error

1 long - 9 short (Beep) ROM Error

Long (Beep) continuous - DRAM isn't inserted correctly

Short (Beep) continuous - POWER supply has a problem

A two-tone siren - generally caused by overheating or out of specification
voltages

Four beeps then machine shuts down - this is because the BIOS will shut down
your machine if no fan tachometer signal is detected on the fan header.
Make sure you attach a three-wire fan to the CPUFAN header.

Thanks for that, never thought about changing the keyboard....alas symptoms
are the same with 2 other keyboards.

Peter


"Peter Allison" <> wrote in message
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> My beloved Abit AS8 seems to have given up the ghost! I went to boot it
> up yesterday and just got 1 long beep and 3 short ones, then code 96 on
> the LED and the system powers down. I have...
>
> reset the bios
> removed all hard drives
> changed memory
> changed AGP graphics card
> changed power supply
> changed CPU
>
> but always the same result!
>
> Seems ready to be pronounced dead to me, don't know anything else to try!
>
> Peter Allison
> Wootton Bassett, UK
>

On Mon, 10 Sep 2007 15:04:36 +0000, Bird Janitor® wrote:

> Peter Allison wrote:
> |
> | My beloved Abit AS8 seems to have given up the ghost! I went to boot
> | it up yesterday and just got 1 long beep and 3 short ones, then code 96
> | on the LED and the system powers down. I have...
> |
> | reset the bios
> | removed all hard drives
> | changed memory
> | changed AGP graphics card
> | changed power supply
> | changed CPU
> |
> | but always the same result!
> |
> | Seems ready to be pronounced dead to me, don't know anything else to
> | try!
> |
> | Peter Allison
> | Wootton Bassett, UK
> |
>
> Hello Peter -
>
> Do you have another keyboard to try? The beep code you're receiving
> indicates there's a problem with your keyboard.
>
I know where you got this, but I'm almost positive that it's wrong. I've
never had a bad or missing keyboard cause a post failure. According to the
people that wrote the bios there's only really one positive beep code,
meaning video failure.

http://www.phoenix.com/en/Customer+S...rror+Codes.htm

From that link....

Beep Codes

The only AwardBIOS beep code indicates that a video error has
occurred and the BIOS cannot initialize the video screen to display
any additional information. This beep code consists of a single long
beep followed by two short beeps. Any other beeps are probably a RAM
(Random Access Memory) problems.

How accurate is this? I don't know. I just find it hard to argue with the
authors of the bios. That and the fact that I've installed lots of
systems without KB's and with Award bioses with halt on all errors except
keyboard. And even without that, it just displays a KB error on boot.

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That beep code for an Award bios means: No video card or bad video RAM
http://www.bioscentral.com/beepcodes/awardbeep.htm

Swapping out the video card should have fixed it.

Stephen

On Mon, 10 Sep 2007 10:52:19 GMT, "Peter Allison"
<> had a flock of green cheek conures squawk
out:

>My beloved Abit AS8 seems to have given up the ghost! I went to boot it up
>yesterday and just got 1 long beep and 3 short ones, then code 96 on the LED
>and the system powers down. I have...
>
>reset the bios
>removed all hard drives
>changed memory
>changed AGP graphics card
>changed power supply
>changed CPU
>
>but always the same result!
>
>Seems ready to be pronounced dead to me, don't know anything else to try!
>
>Peter Allison
>Wootton Bassett, UK
>
--

On Mon, 10 Sep 2007 19:53:13 +0000, Wes Newell wrote:

> I know where you got this, but I'm almost positive that it's wrong. I've
> never had a bad or missing keyboard cause a post failure. According to the
> people that wrote the bios there's only really one positive beep code,
> meaning video failure.
>
> http://www.phoenix.com/en/Customer+S...rror+Codes.htm
>
> From that link....
>
> Beep Codes
>
> The only AwardBIOS beep code indicates that a video error has
> occurred and the BIOS cannot initialize the video screen to display
> any additional information. This beep code consists of a single long
> beep followed by two short beeps. Any other beeps are probably a RAM
> (Random Access Memory) problems.
>
> How accurate is this? I don't know. I just find it hard to argue with the
> authors of the bios. That and the fact that I've installed lots of
> systems without KB's and with Award bioses with halt on all errors except
> keyboard. And even without that, it just displays a KB error on boot.

Additional info can be found in the faq.
NOTES:

1. The BIOS can print many messages on the screen during POST. If your
computer has the Phoenix QuietBoot feature installed, the
manufacturer's logo is displayed instead of POST messages. You can
switch to the POST messages by pressing Esc. Your owner's manual
should list possible POST messages printed by the BIOS, along with an
explanation of what the messages mean.

2. Although most PC manufacturers generally do not change these codes,
POST beep codes may vary because of manufacturer-specific requirements.

3. Add-in cards in your PC may issue beep codes during POST which are
not directly associated with the BIOS.

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On Mon, 10 Sep 2007 19:57:47 +0000, Stephen wrote:

> That beep code for an Award bios means: No video card or bad video RAM
> http://www.bioscentral.com/beepcodes/awardbeep.htm
>
> Swapping out the video card should have fixed it.
>
Unless the board circuitry is bad or there's another fatal error.

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Stephen wrote:
> That beep code for an Award bios means: No video card or bad video RAM
> http://www.bioscentral.com/beepcodes/awardbeep.htm
>
> Swapping out the video card should have fixed it.
>
> Stephen
>
> On Mon, 10 Sep 2007 10:52:19 GMT, "Peter Allison"
> <> had a flock of green cheek conures squawk
> out:
>
>> My beloved Abit AS8 seems to have given up the ghost! I went to boot it up
>> yesterday and just got 1 long beep and 3 short ones, then code 96 on the LED
>> and the system powers down. I have...
>>
>> reset the bios
>> removed all hard drives
>> changed memory
>> changed AGP graphics card
>> changed power supply
>> changed CPU
>>
>> but always the same result!
>>
>> Seems ready to be pronounced dead to me, don't know anything else to try!
>>
>> Peter Allison
>> Wootton Bassett, UK
>>

If you can dig up an old PCI video card somewhere, it might be worth a try.

Chris

Thanks for the useful comments.

Do I take it that Phoenix and Award BIOS amount to the same thing?- my BIOS
is marked Phoenix

I did try two different AGP cards, now I will try a PCI card.

Peter


"c" <> wrote in message
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> Stephen wrote:
>> That beep code for an Award bios means: No video card or bad video RAM
>> http://www.bioscentral.com/beepcodes/awardbeep.htm
>>
>> Swapping out the video card should have fixed it.
>>
>> Stephen
>>
>> On Mon, 10 Sep 2007 10:52:19 GMT, "Peter Allison"
>> <> had a flock of green cheek conures squawk
>> out:
>>
>>> My beloved Abit AS8 seems to have given up the ghost! I went to boot it
>>> up yesterday and just got 1 long beep and 3 short ones, then code 96 on
>>> the LED and the system powers down. I have...
>>>
>>> reset the bios
>>> removed all hard drives
>>> changed memory
>>> changed AGP graphics card
>>> changed power supply
>>> changed CPU
>>>
>>> but always the same result!
>>>
>>> Seems ready to be pronounced dead to me, don't know anything else to
>>> try!
>>>
>>> Peter Allison
>>> Wootton Bassett, UK
>
> If you can dig up an old PCI video card somewhere, it might be worth a
> try.
>
> Chris

The beep codes for the different brands of BIOS chips are different.

Here is a list of the Phoenix codes:

http://www.bioscentral.com/beepcodes/phoenixbeep.htm

Chris


Peter Allison wrote:
> Thanks for the useful comments.
>
> Do I take it that Phoenix and Award BIOS amount to the same thing?- my BIOS
> is marked Phoenix
>
> I did try two different AGP cards, now I will try a PCI card.
>
> Peter
>