After a couple years of having two ram sticks of different speeds (2400MHz and 2666MHz) I decided to buy a new ram stick of speed 2666MHz to replace the 2400. When I installed this ram, my computer will not display anything and outputs a beep code that I can't find information about seemingly anywhere. The beep code is 1 short, long pause, 1 long, 3 short, short pause, 1 short. My pc specs are: Motherboard: Asus prime B360M-A, GPU: GeForce GTX 1060. To attempt to fix this, I have tried reseating RAM, using only my 2400MHz ram, only my old 2666MHz ram, using only my new 2666MHz ram, a different ram slot, reseating my GPU, unplugging my GPU and running from integrated graphics card, using a different port on my GPU; but none of these have worked as the same error is happening I believe this is an issue with my motherboard as I have attempted the integrated graphics and different variations of the ram, but I wanted to check some other peoples opinions as I have no clue
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Listen closer to the beep output. The initial short beep is probably just the confirmation the computer has been turned on. Which leaves 1 long 3 short or 1 long and 4 short. Definitions to asus motherboard beep codes can be found here. It says the following for both possibilities:
- "One long and three short beeps" from speaker
An anomaly is detected in the graphic card. If the graphic card needs an extra power supply, please ensure the power supply can provide enough wattage.
- "One long and four short beeps" from speaker
An anomaly is detected on CPU Fan Error or CPU Over Temperature Error or CPU Over Voltage Error
Please ensure your CPU and CPU Fan is installed correctly. If it still fails, please enter BIOS to load default BIOS or clear CMOS to try again
