First Boot failure P5Q Pro with Intel Core 2 CPU

marysiak · 02-09-2009, 08:29 AM

I have not built a computer before, at this point I wish I hadn't tried to. However...

I have a P5Q Pro motherboard that I am assured worked before it was sent. Into it I have put an Intel Core 2 E8500 1333MHz CPU which is new and untested. Also 2GB of new Kingston DDR2 Value RAM (I have 2 of these and have tried it with both and with each separately). The graphics card is a Sapphire ATi Radeon HD 2400 XT 256MB DDR3 and the PSU is an OCZ PSU 500SXS StealthXStream 500W, both are new. All of this was assembled in the chassis with the hard drive, firewire card and a dvd drive plugged in. It is now out of the chassis on a cardboard box with none of those plugged in.

When I switch on the PSU the green mobo LED lights up. On pressing the chassis power button all the fans (chassis, CPU and PSU) start running for approx 4 seconds, then stop for 4 seconds, then start again and continue running. The monitor light remains orange with a blank screen. No beeps occur. I generally switch it off again after a minute on the assumption that sitting there much longer is not going to produce any new results.

I have tried resetting the CMOS, I have tried replacing the battery and resetting the CMOS. I have swapped my RAM around. I have made sure all the connections are seated properly and all the jumpers are where they're supposed to be (as far as I can tell anyway).

There are photos of the setup at http://marysiak.livejournal.com/747066.html

Please help.

**wrench97** · 02-09-2009, 12:49 PM

Is the motherboard new or used?
The green light just tells you the 5v standby power is on.
I see pictures of the fan spinning with no video card installed did you get any beeps from the motherboard speaker?
If you pull all the ram out the try to boot does it beep continuously?

marysiak · 02-10-2009, 03:21 AM

The motherboard is used, but it was only bought in November 2008 (I have the receipt from the guy who sold it to me). He says it all booted fine when he had it using the same type of cpu I am using.

Nothing beeps no matter what I do. There is a video card installed in the pictures (http://pics.livejournal.com/marysiak/pic/001tb2a2). I just tried booting it with all the RAM removed, no beeps. What bit of the mobo is supposed to do the beeping? The guy I bought it off is deaf so doesn't know whether it ever made any beeps. I presume something around http://pics.livejournal.com/marysiak/pic/001tderc is supposed to beep, I plugged in the little black cylinder speaker thing in the photo cause there was no beeping in the hopes that it might beep, but still no beeps. Is the bit marked buzzer supposed to beep, cause it doesn't look like it has anything that would make a noise?

**grimx133** · 02-10-2009, 04:04 AM

Sure looks like there's nothing there that would beep. Usually a board with one built in has a piezo electric buzzer mounted, looks like the cylinder you put onto the front panel header. All I could see in the picture were a couple of solder points, maybe that's a feature that asus changed their mind on, or took out.

Anyway, if the speaker you put in works, it should beep continuously when started with no ram. I checked the pdf manual, the speaker is connected properly according to page 2-35.

I see you're using a vga cable on the video card. Does your monitor auto-select the mode, or do you have to put it in analog mode manually? Are you equipped to try connecting with dvi?

**wrench97** · 02-10-2009, 12:27 PM

The P5Q needs a speaker like you have plugged in.
If it does not beep with the ram removed check that the cpu is correctly inserted if it is the Motherboard is DOA.

marysiak · 02-11-2009, 08:50 AM

My monitor is the one from my other computer, it uses the same vga cable with that so I presume should be fine.

02-09-2009, 08:29 AM	#1 (permalink)
marysiak Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 3 OS: win xp/ubuntu	First Boot failure P5Q Pro with Intel Core 2 CPU I have not built a computer before, at this point I wish I hadn't tried to. However... I have a P5Q Pro motherboard that I am assured worked before it was sent. Into it I have put an Intel Core 2 E8500 1333MHz CPU which is new and untested. Also 2GB of new Kingston DDR2 Value RAM (I have 2 of these and have tried it with both and with each separately). The graphics card is a Sapphire ATi Radeon HD 2400 XT 256MB DDR3 and the PSU is an OCZ PSU 500SXS StealthXStream 500W, both are new. All of this was assembled in the chassis with the hard drive, firewire card and a dvd drive plugged in. It is now out of the chassis on a cardboard box with none of those plugged in. When I switch on the PSU the green mobo LED lights up. On pressing the chassis power button all the fans (chassis, CPU and PSU) start running for approx 4 seconds, then stop for 4 seconds, then start again and continue running. The monitor light remains orange with a blank screen. No beeps occur. I generally switch it off again after a minute on the assumption that sitting there much longer is not going to produce any new results. I have tried resetting the CMOS, I have tried replacing the battery and resetting the CMOS. I have swapped my RAM around. I have made sure all the connections are seated properly and all the jumpers are where they're supposed to be (as far as I can tell anyway). There are photos of the setup at http://marysiak.livejournal.com/747066.html Please help.

02-09-2009, 12:49 PM	#2 (permalink)
wrench97 Moderator, Hardware Team Join Date: May 2008 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania Posts: 18,591 OS: Win7	Re: First Boot failure P5Q Pro with Intel Core 2 CPU Is the motherboard new or used? The green light just tells you the 5v standby power is on. I see pictures of the fan spinning with no video card installed did you get any beeps from the motherboard speaker? If you pull all the ram out the try to boot does it beep continuously? __________________ Power Supply and Selection

02-10-2009, 03:21 AM	#3 (permalink)
marysiak Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 3 OS: win xp/ubuntu	Re: First Boot failure P5Q Pro with Intel Core 2 CPU The motherboard is used, but it was only bought in November 2008 (I have the receipt from the guy who sold it to me). He says it all booted fine when he had it using the same type of cpu I am using. Nothing beeps no matter what I do. There is a video card installed in the pictures (http://pics.livejournal.com/marysiak/pic/001tb2a2). I just tried booting it with all the RAM removed, no beeps. What bit of the mobo is supposed to do the beeping? The guy I bought it off is deaf so doesn't know whether it ever made any beeps. I presume something around http://pics.livejournal.com/marysiak/pic/001tderc is supposed to beep, I plugged in the little black cylinder speaker thing in the photo cause there was no beeping in the hopes that it might beep, but still no beeps. Is the bit marked buzzer supposed to beep, cause it doesn't look like it has anything that would make a noise?

02-10-2009, 04:04 AM	#4 (permalink)
grimx133 Mentor Hardware Team Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Canada eh Posts: 3,144 OS: xp mce sp2, xp pro sp2, windows 7 beta My System	Re: First Boot failure P5Q Pro with Intel Core 2 CPU Sure looks like there's nothing there that would beep. Usually a board with one built in has a piezo electric buzzer mounted, looks like the cylinder you put onto the front panel header. All I could see in the picture were a couple of solder points, maybe that's a feature that asus changed their mind on, or took out. Anyway, if the speaker you put in works, it should beep continuously when started with no ram. I checked the pdf manual, the speaker is connected properly according to page 2-35. I see you're using a vga cable on the video card. Does your monitor auto-select the mode, or do you have to put it in analog mode manually? Are you equipped to try connecting with dvi? __________________

02-10-2009, 12:27 PM	#5 (permalink)
wrench97 Moderator, Hardware Team Join Date: May 2008 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania Posts: 18,591 OS: Win7	Re: First Boot failure P5Q Pro with Intel Core 2 CPU The P5Q needs a speaker like you have plugged in. If it does not beep with the ram removed check that the cpu is correctly inserted if it is the Motherboard is DOA. __________________ Power Supply and Selection

02-11-2009, 08:50 AM	#6 (permalink)
marysiak Registered User Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 3 OS: win xp/ubuntu	Re: First Boot failure P5Q Pro with Intel Core 2 CPU My monitor is the one from my other computer, it uses the same vga cable with that so I presume should be fine.