Not getting the BIOS screen?

[paragkalra]

Hello all,

I have an ASUS A8N-E motherboard, NVIDIA GeForce 6200 Turbo Cache Graphics Card,
AMD 3000+ CPU, iBall Cabinet, Two 512 MB Transcend RAM modules and a SONY dvd writer. I don't have onboard VGA

My PC was working fine since 1.5 years. However today when I powered on, PC starts with "Two Beeps" and thats it. I don't even get to see the BIOS.

I have removed the RAMs and cleaned them and then again tried each ram individually in each of the four RAM modules

I guess the problem is with Display.

Any suggestions to troubleshoot the problem.

[Harvik780]

Troubleshooting is not an easy task.U will have to take everything out of the cabinet.Lay your mobo with processor installed on a non conducting surface.
See if the system boots after all the hardware is reinstalled.
To power on the system with everything outside the cabinet u'll have to sort the power on and power SW pins.
I suggested this because whenever i buy a new system i troubleshoot it this way(first boot).

[sashijoseph]

Try reseating the graphics card and clearing the cmos.
Borrow a friend's graphic card to confirm.

[paragkalra]

@sashijoseph

Yeah even I think so...Coz had it been a problem with RAM....then you continuously get beeps.......but thats not the case....In fact to be very precise......I just get one LONG beep and two SHORT beeps........thats it....nothing else.......Not even the bios..........Also the RAMs of that pc are working fine in my second pc.....so either it's cpu, cmos or video card....BUT MY MONEY IS ON GRAPHICS CARD....

Does anyone know the beep signals...I mean every beep has it's own significance...so i want that chart........any url or online help will be appreciated......

[Harvik780]

U may find it in your mobos manual.Or u can try the site of your mobo manufacturer.
If u do as i have told u might find a solution.Cause this method was recommended by asus.
Each beep type represents and error code.

[paragkalra]

I counted the beep codes......It's ONE LONG & THREE SHORT........

Also I found an URL telling something about Bios Beep Codes given below:
http://www.amptron.com/html/bios.beepcodes.html

So I guess the problem is with Video....But I am not sure it's Video Card or Video adapter........Any ideas???

[Harvik780]

Yes the PCI-E bus for the VGA might have gone kaput.
I hope i'm helping and not just spamming.

[a_tif]

Originally Posted by paragkalra

I counted the beep codes......It's ONE LONG & THREE SHORT........

Also I found an URL telling something about Bios Beep Codes given below:
http://www.amptron.com/html/bios.beepcodes.html

So I guess the problem is with Video....But I am not sure it's Video Card or Video adapter........Any ideas???

remove ur card n check .

[paragkalra]

I replaced my graphics card with my friends graphics card. But the same problem persists. One "LONG" beep and three "SHORT" beeps. Is my PCI express slot damaged?

[Harvik780]

I told u that the PCI-E bus for VGA might have gone kaput.

[sturulez2k]

paragkalra im getting the exact same problem as you, with the same motherboard aswell. i recently replaced a graphic card in the PCI-E slot and i turned on the PC the other day and it happened again out of the blue, i was working fine for a few weeks. so is the final answer to this that the VGA is damaged?

[paragkalra]

I placed my friends PCI VGA in PCI slot and the computer now starts....So PCI Express slot is damaged and not the graphics card.

I will now use my PCI express Slot

Now I need to buy PCI VGA...I m getting one of the ATI Radon PCI VGA @ Rs.875...Is it worth?...Any online links to order or search PCI VGAs (Nvidia, ATI...etc)