[GLLUG] Gigabyte GA-Z77X-D3H does not post

[Dmitrijs Ledkovs]

On 15 March 2013 11:55, Dmitrijs Ledkovs <xnox at debian.org> wrote:
> On 15 March 2013 11:53, James Courtier-Dutton <james.dutton at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Mar 15, 2013 11:28 AM, "Dmitrijs Ledkovs" <xnox at debian.org> wrote:
>>>
>>> On 15 March 2013 07:03, James Courtier-Dutton <james.dutton at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> >
>>> > On Mar 15, 2013 12:38 AM, "Dmitrijs Ledkovs" <xnox at debian.org> wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> Hello all,
>>> >>
>>> >> I just joined this mailing list and I hope somebody can help me with
>>> >> my new self-built PC.
>>> >>
>>> >> I got:
>>> >>
>>> >> Intel Core i7 3770 3.4GHz Socket 1155 8MB Cache Retail Boxed Processor
>>> >> Coolermaster Elite 430 All Black Case With Elite 500W PSU
>>> >> Gigabyte GA-Z77X-D3H Socket 1155 VGA DVI HDMI 8 Channel Audio ATX
>>> >> Motherboard
>>> >> 32GB (4 x 8GB) Vengeance 1600MHz DDR3 DIMM CL9 Black
>>> >>
>>> >> It does not boot, no graphics output, no bios, only very short beeps
>>> >> (almost like a crack) from the pc speaker every 5 seconds.
>>> >>
>>> >
>>> > Describe the beeps better. These are called bios beep codes and tell you
>>> > what is wrong.
>>> >
>>>
>>> As this motherboard is UEFI only with the new "3D UEFI" it's not a
>>> typical AwardBIOS/SeaBIOS and none of the internets tell me any useful
>>> beep codes.
>>>
>>>
>>> > If the beeps are a recognizable pattern, the cpu is fine.
>>> >
>>
>> What pattern are the beeps? 3 short?
>>
>
> 1 short tick every 5 seconds.
>

Well, it was PSU fault in the end. Tested with somebody from my ex
work-place and booted from the alternative PSU just fine \o/

I guess I made the noob mistake of relying on bundled PSU with the case.

Thank you everyone for support, sounds like I'm not the only one who
gets screwed with from time to time.

Regards,

Dmitrijs.