Gigabyte X58A UD3R power error beep code on POST

[The___Don]

So I upgraded my bosses gaming PC today, he bought a Gigabyte X58A UD3R, an ATI 5970, a Core i7 extreme processor, a 128GB SSD and 6GB of very nice ram and so I put them all into his PC. For reference he has a 700Watt PSU.

Unfortunately, it is not getting past POST and giving the error beeps are lots of short beeps.

This indicates a power problem. I have all the cables in the Motherboard, inc the CPU power.

I ran out of time today and have been searching for ideas. I will go back tomorrow and work on it some more.

I didn't have time to double check the power cables going into the PSU, it is possible that one came lose during the transition.

he has lots of parts so I can test other PSU's, but I wanted to make sure that a 700W PSU was enough to power that CPU and GPU.

I want ideas to try when I go back tomorrow to get it working.

Fire away and I will give them a shot.

[Li4m79]

What make is the PSU?????

[Agent]

Watts mean nothing on their own. You need to know Watts and Amps, at a minimum.

If it's a generic 700W no brand PSU, you'll often have issues. If it's called "Q-tec" or "EZ-Cool", then you've been done. Take it out, throw it away and buy a proper unit.

[Li4m79]

if its lots of beeps (endless loop), then its a RAM problem. Make re-seat the ram and make sure they are in the correct slots.

For this board, the ram needs to be in slots 2/4/6 (if its 3x2gb sticks) NOT 1/3/5

If the beeps alternate in pitch, then the CPU is not seated right, or there is something wrong with the cpu area.

TBH i don't think a PSU will cause any beep code errors

[The___Don]

Ram in the wrong slots,

User manual was in Japanese, should have spent more time trying to read that page!

thanks guys!

[watercooled]

Cool. I'd still swap out the PSU if it's a naff make.

[kalniel]

For this board, the ram needs to be in slots 2/4/6 (if its 3x2gb sticks) NOT 1/3/5

Actually it technically needs to be in 1/3/5 not 2/4/6, however the labelling is unusual and it's what we'd think of as 2/4/6.

Ie, they are labelled:

[CPU side here] 2|1|4|3|6|5

So they need to be placed in the slots furthest from the CPU, 1/3/5. This is clear in the manual, then again, mine is English which certainly helps!