Help needed, new pc stopped booting properly after 2 days msi p67a-g45

[therjw]

Hi I need help quick, I recently built a new pc and all was going well sofar but now it wont boot up properly, it keeps resetting before the boot post tests and the times it does go through to the tests the internal speaker does 2 beeps, waits a second, 2 more beeps, waits a second, 3 quick beeps and then finally after another second 1 final loud beep.  Also when I'm running my memory test (doing atm, I think it crashed though) the lights on my keyboard are continusly flickering.

Any help would be greatful

My specs:
Intel i5 2500k (not overclocked)
8GB ram
650w corsair power supply (had this for a few years and worked fine sofar)
msi gtx 570 oc
msi p67a-g45 motherboard
crucial m4 64gb ssd
2*1tb samsung hardrives

 

[Henry]

Please say what RAM you have. 8 GB doesn't tell us much. Brand, model, 2x4 or 4x2 modules. Could be your RAM causing your problem but not knowing what you have there is no way to give any helpful advice.

 

[therjw]

I've managed to get the pc working again (temporarily probably) after clearing the cmos and I taped up all the ends for my loose power wires incase they were causing a short but the code is still there but is  now 2 beeps, wait 1, 3 quick beeps, then 3 more quick beeps before finaly ending with 1 loud beep.

The ram is 2 4gb's sticks and are Mushkin Copperhead DDR3 1600MHz 9-9-9-24 aka these ones

 

[Bernhard]

Have you tried with only one memory module on the board ?

650w corsair power supply (had this for a few years and worked fine sofar)

What is a few years, and under what usage pattern and load ? PSUs don't last forever. Suggest you also test with a known good PSU of similar output to determine if there is a potential PSU problem.

 

[therjw]

Ok I just tried messing around with the computer it seems that the 2 sets of 3 quick beeps are for the number of usb devices Ive got attached to the computer, their is still 2 normal beeps before the 1 loud beep so I'm not sure what they mean as I tried replacing all the parts and it seems to do the same beeps.

Have you tried with only one memory module on the board ?

yep just tried that, they both seem to pass seperatly and together as they make no changes to the number of beeps, the ram should of also been 100% tested by mushkin in the factory so I dont think they may be the problem

What is a few years, and under what usage pattern and load ? PSUs don't last forever. Suggest you also test with a known good PSU of similar output to determine if there is a potential PSU problem.

Ive had the psu for around 2 years and it coped with me setting the computer to run on a full load test with 3dmarks and prime95 for a few hours along with me having a normal gaming session on it. I cant test the computer with any other psu's atm as I got none spair to use.

Hopefully it was just the cmos being corrupted as resetting that seems to have fixed it, but it annoying not knowing what them 2 beeps are before the loud beep (which I guess is the all ok beep) is though.

 

[therjw]

update on the problem, all the beeps at the start seem to be just usb and the ok one now as I guessing the 2 beeps was the ram being given the wrong values which I fixed by manualy entering them myself (update: I removed all my usb parts again and the 2 beeps are still there before the ok beep so could be that??). However, over the past 2 days I had the entire computer just cut out on me twice with no error messages or anything, it starts up ok and my cpu temp hovers around 36-37 and my gpu aroung 58C.

It seems to happen randomly as when I push the computer to the max for a few hours through watching films/games/prime 95 or anything else it seems has no problems running them. Any ideas on what it could be?

 

[Bernhard]

the ram should of also been 100% tested by mushkin in the factory so I dont think they may be the problem

 
If that was the case, there would not be a need for any RMA procedures within companies. Faulty products do leave factories, thats why there are guarantees and associated exchange processes in place.
Suggest you run memtest for each individual stick before assuming that they are OK.

 

[therjw]

managed to do the memtest 86+ and it passed all 6 times (2 each with 1 stick and 2 more using both sticks inside) along with using intelburn and prime 95. I managed to get the power cut to occur using occt power supply test so Im guessing it that even though it should run all the parts with room to spare. I'm going to try sending it back to the reseller as Im still within the 5 year warranty