AMI Beep Codes after installing XP

Im currently building a PC with the following spec:

MSI KT3 Ultra2 Mobo (MS-6380E)
AMD XP 2400+
512Mc DDR PC2700
64Mb Geforce 4 MX 440SE
80Gb WD HDD
Samsung DVD/CDRW

I have assembled the PC and installed XP Professional on one large disk partition. The install went fine without error.

When the PC is rebooted I get no video and it just gives beep codes and hangs.

The first time I got 8 beeps, which is 'Display memory error' according to AMI, but now every time I boot I get 3 beeps (2 together, followed by another one).

It might sound stupid, but my first question is is this classified as 3 beeps, or 2 beeps and 1 beep?

I have removed all other PCI cards and it still does the same.

Assuming this is either a memory or video problem, I have swapped the memory DIMM and also the video card and still get the same.

The motherboard has a bracket with diagnostic LEDs on it. This ends up with LEDs 1-3 being green, and 4 being RED.

According to the manual this is "Testing real time clock" , the next stage is "Initialising video interface" which I presume it is where it is getting stuck.

I have also tried to reset the CMOS defaults by jumpering on JBAT1 whilst powered off.

Does anyone have any suggestions as to what to try next?

Thanks

 

Check out MSI's support BBS at......

http://www.msi.com.tw/program/e_ser...ardid=13&sid=73f5a22e4bc00dd816afbdafa9a8984d

Read the "Troubleshooting Guide" at the top of the page.

Dale