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Answer» <html><body><p>Hello,<br/><br/>I swapped my Asus A8N-SLI Premium mb because only one <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/memory-11894" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about MEMORY">MEMORY</a> slot was working.  The switch went off without a hitch until I noticed that the <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/time-19467" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about TIME">TIME</a> of day <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/kept-1063413" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about KEPT">KEPT</a> going out of sync.  Obviously (to me) the battery needed to be replaced.<br/><br/>After doing that however, I found that when I booted up, the system would give me 4 beeps and stop on a screen that had the Energy logo top right, CPU fan failure center, and F1 and Del on the lower left.  I checked the fan - that was running fine.  I looked up the error code and found it to be a System Timer issue.<br/><br/>  Looking further, it seems as if the problem would be in the mb itself or in the CMOS.  So I cleared the CMOS.  no change.<br/><br/>Frustrated, I hit F1 at the error screen and the system proceeded to boot - except that it said Operating system can not be loaded (or something like that).  Finally I replaced my old C drive with a copy and the system booted - although I still had the 4 beeps and had to hit F1.  <br/><br/>Also now most of my URL destinations are refused by my browser because of certificate issues - probably because of the CMOS clearing.<br/><br/>Q nr. 1:  What's with the 4 beeps?  Why does it give me a CPU fan error when the fan is running?<br/><br/>Q nr. 2: How do I get past the certificate issues on these websites?  I can't even get my email!<br/><br/>Q nr. 3: Obviously my old C drive is dead - but how did that happen???  I never touched it, only replaced the battery.<br/><br/>Windows XP sp3, 2x nVidia 8800GT in SLI, 4 G memory, 2 HDs.  Update:  Later this evening it seems as if the browser problem has fixed itself.  I no longer get certificate issues.<br/><br/>I will test out the booting problem tomorrow to see if anything has changed there.For a replacement MBoard this thing sure has caused a lot of headaches...i count 3 different Topics on it.Yes Patio it has.  Like I've always said, nothing is never easy no matter how much people <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/tell-1240910" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about TELL">TELL</a> you it is.<br/><br/>My latest update is that the first C drive now works - it didn't yesterday, but the four beeps and CPU fan error still occur upon startup.<br/><br/>So I guess things are OK...although you have to go through the beeping/F1 procedure each time you start the PC.<br/><br/>Let me tell you something...I grew up a scientist, did cancer research, and then spent 10 years in the computer field (1979-88).  I have always been a hard-headed rational, logical person.  Since I've been in computers however, I've come to believe more and more in magic. Quote</p><blockquote>Let me tell you something...I grew up a scientist, did cancer research, and then spent 10 years in the computer field (1979-88).  I have always been a hard-headed rational, logical person.  Since I've been in computers however, I've come to believe more and more in magic.</blockquote> <br/>Could not have stated it better myself...<br/>Was it supposed to be a new MBoard replacement ? ?...they may have sent a refurbished one instead.<br/>At any rate part of the issue has been swapping different HDD's in and out that have an OS installed to them...it' doesn't always work that way.<br/>If you continue to have issues i wouldn't hesitate to contact ASUS and make a little noise...<br/>BTW is the same PSU in play thru this whole dilemna ? ?Ha ha...glad that you agree!<br/><br/>It was a used mb that I subbed in for the old one.  Of course I was assured that the board had no problems, but a board this old is suspect anyway.  I don't know what I could say to ASUS since it was a used board.<br/><br/>What mystified me was the fact that the first C drive refused to boot (operating system not found) and then the next day, it worked fine.  Nothing was done to it.<br/><br/>Yes it is the same PSU...750 watts, more than enough for this rig and only 2-3 years old.What <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/brand-25475" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about BRAND">BRAND</a> ? ?<br/><a href="https://support.microsoft.com/kb/321626">"Operating System Not Found" or "Missing operating system" error message when you start your Windows XP-based computer</a>Corsair TXW 750 watt PSU<br/><br/>I'm still getting the four beep error every time I boot, but if I just hit F1, it boots up fine.1 long and 3 short ? ?<br/>Or 2 long and 2 short ? ?<br/><br/>Listen to the beeps next time and post back with the results...how they sound makes a difference as to what it is...and there is no  plain 4 beep code on that particular MBoard.four short beeps...none are long.  I looked it up on this site and it said System Timer Failure.I didn't see that at all on the site...but if that's the error message replace the CMOS battery...Part # CR2032,,,available anywhere,,,<br/>Make sure all power is removed when doing so...you may have to re-set the system time settings in the BIOS afterwards.That's exactly what I did after I swapped in the new (used) mb and the clock was wrong.  I used the battery from the old mb and the clock is working fine.<br/><br/>But it was right after I put in the battery that this error code appeared.Update:  Today when I booted up, the screen stuck on the Windows XP screen with the blue moving bar, so I rebooted.<br/><br/>The second time I got a black and white MACHINE_CHECK_EXCEPTION screen warning me about newly installed hardware.  There is no newly installed hardware.<br/><br/>The third time I rebooted it came up normally.<br/><br/>I'm thinking that it's time to reinstall Windows.  Anyone agree?Does anyone disagree?</body></html>


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