To keep you hanging, we have untraceable list of beeps of special BIOS Phoenix valid for the mother board Mercury (some), KT266 and others...
Beep - 1 beep runs
Significance - System boot OK
Beep - 2 short beeps
Significance - CMOS setting error
Beep - 1 long beep + 1 short beep
Significance - DRAM error
Beep - 1 long beep + 2 short beeps
Significance - Display card gold monitor connection error
Beep - 1 long beep + 3 short beeps
Significance - Keyboard error
Beep - 1 long beep + 9 short beeps
Significance - ROM error
Beep - Long beep continuous
Significance - Fine DRAM did not seat
Beep - Beep short continuous
Significance - Power supply error
Error messages to starting
Beep - CMOS CHECKSUM FAILURE
Significance - Problem with battery, replace it
Beep - BIOS ROM CHECKSUM Error System HALTED
Significance - Error in the BIOS. Replace the chip
Beep - KB/INTERFACE ERROR
Significance - The keyboard is damaged or perhaps badly connected
Beep - FDD CONTROLLER FAILURE
Significance - Error of the controller of disk drive
Possible Remedy - Check if the cable which connects it to mother board is connected properly. If the problem persists change the controller
Beep - HDD CONTROLLER FAILURE
Significance - The hard disk is damaged or perhaps badly connected
Beep - MEMORY ERROR DURING MEMORY TEST
Possible Remedy - Check memory bars are installed correctly
Beep - CMOS SYSTEM OPTIONS NOT SET RUN SETUP UTILITY
Significance - No parameters is defined in the setup BIOS
Possible Remedy - Launch the BIOS and enter the parameters
Beep - CMOS MEMORY SIZE MISMATCH
Significance - Declared memory steps physically installed
Beep - UNABLE TO INITIALIZE HARDWARE DRIVE (STANDARD DRIVE?)
Significance - In this case the hard disk drive was not defined or badly was it
Beep - KEYBOARD IS LOCKED
Significance - The keyboard is having problems
Possible Remedy - Unbolt it by putting the key in the lock present on the frontage of the majority of the PC and turn-there. To finish, start again the PC or press on a key
Beep - "8042 Gate-A20 Error
Significance - The controller of the keyboard (8042) does not function
Possible Remedy - Often, the controller quite simply left his support test reintegrate correctly. If not change it.
Beep - "CH-2Timer error"
Significance - The second timer has a problem
Possible Remedy - Conflict caused by a peripheral
Beep - "Mask memory bad, C not enable mask!"
Significance - Lapse of the memory hiding place
Beep - "Address line shorts"
Significance - Logical problem in the decoding of an address location. It can be a question of a magnetic disturbance.
Possible Remedy - Shut down and turn on the pc 30 seconds later
Beep - "On board parity error"
Significance - Error of parity in the memory of the mother board
Possible Remedy - Make an antiviral checking
Beep - "drunk DMA time out"
Significance - A peripheral monopolized the signals of the bus for one length of time higher than the allocated duration (7.8 ms). That generally means that the accused peripheral is defective
Possible Remedy - Replace the peripheral which poses problem
Beep - No ROM BASIC
Significance - Heritage of IBM PC, this message indicates that no unit of BOOT is defined in the setup BIOS