[manowar]

Hi guys,

After ordering and receiving all my new components for my new PC, I decided today to start building it.

The only thing which my new PC is currently lacking is RAM. All other components have been inserted into the case. However, I tried turning it on when I had put evertyhing today, and I get a strange sequence of beep codes, in the form of 1 long and 2 short beeps.

The mobo is the Asus P5N32-SLI Premium mobo. Intel Core 2 Duo 2.40Ghz CPU and the Geforce 8800 GTS.

Now, according to AwardBIOS, the beep stands for failed graphics/video cards. However, I cannot seem to see anything wrong with the way the card has been placed in the PC. I've put it in the top Blue 16x PCI-E slot and I've connected one of the PCI-E connectors from the PSU to the graphics card.

The only thing I can think of is the absence of RAM. Do you guys have any advice?

Thanks.

[M733mhz]

your PC won't run without RAM, if that's what you're trying to do, that's your problem.

[ECTech]

My advice would be to get ALL the parts b4 turning on ur machine.

[manowar]

Haha, I see where you're coming from, guys. I wasn't actually expecting the PC to run without the RAM! I just wanted to see if it would fire up, so to speak.

So you reckon its definately because theres no RAM that I'm getting the strange 1 long beep followed by 2 short beeps?

[ECTech]

Most likely yes. The only other thing that comes to mind would be, setting the option in the BIOS for 1 graphics card instead of 2 (SLI)