AsRock Trouble

[Nephilim]

i have ah board here K8Upgrade-NF3 it giving a prob 3 beeps repeating.
i know its a mem problem (from the bios beep codes) however all the usual fixes aint working, its a freshly cleaned mem skt brand new ram fresh outta the packaging and bios has been cleared..


any suggestions? short of board replacement?

[Eroo]

Well try the mem in another machine if you can. I had a similar problem, the ram was good but it turned out the actual memory socket was bad.

[Nephilim]

well i suspecting the board bad both skts give the same trouble system guts out same prob...i just deciding what most cost effective : performace right now, as it is, i have no way to test the actual cpu, this board doesnt even give a post screen if it cannot boot, which is utter toots, so i deciding if to gamble the CPU unaffected and just buy a replacemnet board or spend the little extra for a small upgrade...

EDIT

this is the board i considering using to replace it
http://www.msi.com.tw/program/products/mainboard/mbd/pro_mbd_detail.php?UID=679

this is the toots board
http://www.asrock.com/product/K8Upgrade-NF3.htm

[Saxito Pau]

I have a PCI POST diagnostic card.... gives you post error code, even if screen not showing... . If you living near Diego/POS I could loan you to test.... 

for the record I 'fraid ASRock like it was a PCChips (though my current and previous board are ASRock!!)

MSI has worked very well for me though...

that 'small upgrade'  you taking hopefully means a switch to socket AM2.  A Dual core processor can be obtained for under $100USD now. Sell the rest of stuff on the trading grounds.

[Nephilim]

0_0 i in central man, lol, truth is the guy drop his pc by me with a new setta ddr ram and wanted me to do a clean install for him to have a fresh pc, his current ram went, went out and bought new ram, $800, so i looking at sub 1000 to upgrade to either a 939/775 platform or sub 500 for a new board alone, i leaving it upto him, so far the board insist on the ram alone but i'm not one to gamble on uncertainty.

but i know for sure that it must support...
1. DDR400
2. AGP
thats it, he cant afford a new system right now, not with the ram he just buy...

i dont mind asrock boards, they are not the best, but they not the worst either.
MSI's boards i dont trust at all unless it's their high end boards, there is too big a drop off imo between the quality of thier low end and high end boards

i wanted to get a particular 775 board for him, the Asrock 775DualVSTA, i used it once before and cost : reliability its good, got agp/pci-e can support ddr400/ddr2533 so it have good future proofing, he can use his old stuff till it goes and then get the latest when he needs too.

[W1nTry]

My previous rig was an Epox... nforce3 Ultra...AGP 939.... but its still in use so I can't part with it.... on the other hand I can vouch for Epox making a decent product.

[daniboy79]

I have a PCI POST diagnostic card.... gives you post error code, even if screen not showing... . If you living near Diego/POS I could loan you to test.... 

for the record I 'fraid ASRock like it was a PCChips (though my current and previous board are ASRock!!)

MSI has worked very well for me though...

that 'small upgrade'  you taking hopefully means a switch to socket AM2.  A Dual core processor can be obtained for under $100USD now. Sell the rest of stuff on the trading grounds.

i tink Sax have some more quarrels with AS(S)Rock now ent Sax?

[Nephilim]

On request, I've reopened the thread, but prob is fixed, any other asrock related problems post away