New System, Power Fault, Fast "ringing" beeps 1

[TinWeasle]

While I've scanned back in the forums and have seen a lot about a long, continuous beep on powerup, I can't find any suggestions about a series (lots more than 8 or 10) of short beeps, sounding like an electronic telephone ringer.
This is my problem: I just built a new system, but it will not power up, giving me the fast ringing beeps instead. THe fans spin up, the motherboard LEDs come on, but the case LED does not. Only way to unpower is to use the switch on the PSU. I brought it to a shop so it could be tested (I don't have swappable RAM or CPU or PSU)and they took it down to MB and PSU, swapped all components, and still got the error. I got a new MB through RMA, and rebuilt. Still does the same silly thing. Here is the hardware list:
CASE EMAX|CS-517AL-B BK ATX U2F
ANTEC TRUE480 ATX POWER SUPPLY
Gigabyte GA-8KNXP (INTEL) Motherboard
CPU P4/3.0CGHz 800M 478P/512K HT (with HeatSink/Fan)
Corsair XMS, DDR400(Twin Pack) 1GB(2x512MB), Model# TWINX1024...
HD 120GB|WD 7200 WD1200JD 8MB SATA (x2)
VGA XFX|GeForce FX5900 256MB DDR 8X VIVO
SOUND BLASTER|AUDIGY 2 ZS PLATINUM
LG|GSA-4040B DVD+/-/RAM/CDRW
FD 1.44MB|SONY MPF920 Black
USB CARD READER CR I500 BLACK 7IN1 (w/USB Port)

Any and all help would be welcome.

TinWeasle
Avoiding Responsibility since 1984.
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[DaveLogsdon]

I checked my board last night and I couldn't find such a jumper. In my manual, it says if I want to clear the CMOS I have to remove the battery for 30 seconds and then replace it. Any other ideas?

 

[jurgen36]

Which type of P4 are you using? Had similar problems with the P4E version. Many bords do not accept this cpu and refuse to boot up, just giving beeps or nothing at all. The bords worked ok with the P4C and P4D cpu. As far as I know you need a different core voltage below 1.4 volts. May be this helps. Regards

Jurgen

 

[DaveLogsdon]

I'm using a Pentium 4 3.0E GHz processor with a prescott core. The motherboard (a Gigabyte GA-8KNXP2 Rev 2.0) says on the box that its "Prescott Ready" so I don't think this is the issue. I think I just got a bad processor at this point. I'm going to have to return it for a new one and see if this fixes it.

 

[jurgen36]

Well I know this but----- our bords said the same, Prescot ready and they did not work. It depends on the chipset they are using. If it is the Intel 875 sett it should work. I finished up using my 8KNP bords with C type CPU's and they work fine. For my P43.2 EE HT chips I had to buy the latest Intel bords as nothing else seems to handle them.
Regards

Jurgen