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I have a computer with an Asus P4800D-X board. the orignal board died so I
ordered this one. After installing the board, CPU RAM, Video card, tried to
boot it, I get 1 long beep and 2 short beep. After some searching I find
it's having a video problem. I tried a different video card, but still the
same result, so I know it's not the video card. any ideas? is it possible
this board is DOA? what else can I try? I tried researing it, tried clearing
the Cmos, tried different sticks of ram, nothing works.

-Nick

Dr Nick wrote in message ...
>I have a computer with an Asus P4800D-X board. the orignal board died so I
>ordered this one. After installing the board, CPU RAM, Video card, tried to
>boot it, I get 1 long beep and 2 short beep. After some searching I find
>it's having a video problem. I tried a different video card, but still the
>same result, so I know it's not the video card. any ideas? is it possible
>this board is DOA? what else can I try? I tried researing it, tried clearing
>the Cmos, tried different sticks of ram, nothing works.
>
>-Nick
>
>
What makes you certain it is a video problem? It sounds like it could be a POST
failure. If you are sure it's the video, let me ask does the board have
on-board video? Try using only that if it does and see what happens. Could be
a problem there. You mention swapping video cards... what type? AGP? PCI?
ISA? etc.? It is possible to have a bent pin in the slot that is causing a
short somewhere that shouldn't be (hence it gives a startup error). I would try
different slots. Also, you're not overclocking are you? That can cause all
sorts of problems.

> What makes you certain it is a video problem?
I'm certian it's a video problem because of the Beep code I'm getting (1
Long beep followed by 2 short beeps)

>does the board have on-board video?
No it doesn't

>You mention swapping video cards... what type? AGP? PCI?
> ISA? etc.? It is possible to have a bent pin in the slot that is causing
> a
> short somewhere that shouldn't be (hence it gives a startup error).

It's an AGP clot, I tried a different AGP slot to no avail. I don't have any
regular PCI video cards, and the board won't take a PCI express card. the
board is brand new, so I doubt it's a bent pin inside the AGP slot, but I
guess it's possible



>Also, you're not overclocking are you? That can cause all sorts of
>problems.

No, I haven't even been able to get into bios, even if I wanted to
overclock, I installed it, and haven't even been able to get past POST.