Old motherboard help...

[METDeath]

I have a desktop that I was given, some old Celeron thing, anyway, I went to upgrade the ram and replace the broken CD-ROM, however, when I did so and turned on the computer, it simply beeped at me repeatedly. I can't find a manufacturer on the board, Only thing I see is a sticker saying "P6SET-ML" and the BIOS is done by Award (P6SET-ML 605). Google has thus far been useless for me. Any body care to help?

[neighbortaru]

OMG that thing is a dinosaur (sadly, I have stuff that are older)! Throw it away, it's not worth the hassle.

The beeping sounds like your ram is not installed properly/recognized. Check your ram.

btw, first link on google:
http://www.ecsusa.com/products/p6set_ml.html

[Macht]

It depends on the beep actually. The old motherboards use a morse code like sequence of beeps to instruct what is wrong with it.

For example, may not be accurate because it's been a while since I've dealt with beeps my motherboards use LCD now to tell me what's wrong.

Short beep, Long beep, Short beep = CPU bad/missing
Short beep, Short beep, Short beep = Video component bad/missing
Long beep, Short beep, Short beep = RAM bad/missing
....
....
....
etc...

You get the picture though now I would think. Anyways the beeping sounds have a purpose so you'd have to detail more what the beeping sound is it's doing if you want to fix it.

EDIT:

Lol, well the Award BIOS beep error codes is quite simplistic. According to sites I looked up it only has 2 codes:

1 long, 2 short-Indicates a video error has occurred and the BIOS cannot initialize the video screen to display any additional information

Any other beep(s)-RAM problem

[METDeath]

I guess I lose at google... gonna go try popping the ram I added out, if that fixes it, spiffy, if not... great...

[Macht]

Yeah, not sure but the look of it that Motherboard should also have an LED display for error codes. If it does then you might want to see if it's displaying a code when you hear that beep.

Not sure what version of the BIOS you have so guess the best I can do is list them for you and you figure it out >.>

EDITED:

Removed all the posts and info to the LED display, me not paying enough attention to realize this board didn't have an LED display.

[neighbortaru]

lol Macht. that board is from the days before LED error codes.

[Macht]

I also found this at BIOS Central. Seems the AWARD BIOS does have more then just two types of beeps.

Beeps-Error Message(Description)
1long, 2 short-Video adapter error(Either video adapter is bad or is not seated properly. Also, check to ensure the monitor cable is connected properly.)
Repeating (endless loop)-Memory error(Check for improperly seated or missing memory.)
1long, 3short-No video card or bad video RAM(Reseat or replace the video card.)
High frequency beeeps while running-Overheated CPU(Check the CPU fan for proper operation. Check the case for proper air flow.)
Repeating High/Low-CPU(Either the CPU is not seated properly or the CPU is damaged. May also be due to excess heat. Check the CPU fan or BIOS settings for proper fan speed.)

Originally posted by neighbortaru
lol Macht. that board is from the days before LED error codes.

Lol, oops....I didn't look at the specs to well just skimmed over them and looked at the photo. Saw what I thought was the LED display, looking again that definatly wasn't it >.>

EDIT:

Anyway that's why I'm not the expert with everything else on the computer just the Networking end. :sweat:

[METDeath]

Well... tried reseating the ram, one chip, then the other, nada... tried it with the original chip, which did work, but now doesn't either... well, so much for my dos games machine...

[neighbortaru]

silly question, but might you have accidentally zapped the memory sticks with static? I can't tell you how many times that has happened to me...:sweat: