[plug] OT: POST codes for Gigabyte?

[Bernd Felsche]

On Tue, Apr 08, 2003 at 10:24:25AM +0800, Chris Cornish wrote:
> > On Tue, Apr 08, 2003 at 08:16:55AM +0800, Chris Cornish wrote:
> > > 95% of the time with a gigabyte board 3 long beeps is usually
> > > memory. if you get continual beeps it is usualy graphics card
> >
> > Thanks. Looks like it was the memory.
> > 1-second-beeps are obviously "short" ones according to some...
> >
> > Swapped in the DDR from another machine and it came up fine.
> >
> > How the heck does swapping a CPU cause a memory module to fail??
> > All the lights on the mainboard were off during the swap.

> Although you shouldnt have to We normally unplug ATX power and
> give it 10 mins or so to fully discharge the capacitors (press
> power button in with atx power unplugged to be sure)

Crikey... It says Gigabyte on the mainboard; not Dodgey Bros. :-(

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