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Default Bios Beep Signals

Maintenance, let us see a little the various significances of the beeps which can occur with the starting of your machine... In general this is not good sign, but solutions exist

Award Bios
Beep - 1 long beep + 2 short beeps
Significance - Error in the display system (garphic chart or adaptor)
Possible Remedy - Check the connection of the graphics board (it may be that it is badly inserted)

Beep - 1 beep
Significance - Error of cooling of the RAM
Possible Remedy - Reinstall the bars of memory. If that persists, changes them or modifies the adjustments of the access report

Beep - 2 beeps
Significance - Error in the first 64 KB of memory

Beep - 3 beeps
Significance - Failing conventional memory

Beep - 5 beeps
Significance - Error of processor

Beep - 6 beeps
Significance - Error of keyboard
Possible Remedy - Check if no key is inserted (keyboard, mouse) and if all is connected correctly

Beep - 8 beeps
Significance - Impossible posting
Possible Remedy - Reintegrate the graphics card or its memory extension. If that persists, change the graphics card.


FRIENDLY BIOS
Beep - 1 beep
Significance - Error of cooling of the RAM
Possible Remedy - Reinstall the memory bars. If that persists, change them or modify adjustments of access in memory in the BIOS

Beep - 2 short beeps
Significance - Error of parity in the first 64 KB of the memory

Beep - 3 short beeps
Significance - Failure report in the first 64KB

Beep - 4 short beeps
Significance - Failure report in the first 64KB or Timer failure
Possible Remedy - Defective mother board. Change your mother board

Beep - 5 short beeps
Significance - Error of processor
Possible Remedy - Reintegrate the processor

Beep - 6 short beeps
Significance - Failure of keyboard (circuit 8042) or GateA20
Possible Remedy - Change the keyboard or the chip controller keyboard

Beep - 7 short beeps
Significance - Error of virtual mode
Possible Remedy - Defective mother board. Change the mother board

Beep - 8 short beeps
Significance - The video controller is missing or RAM is defective
Possible Remedy - Reintegrate the graphics adapter or its memory extension. If that persists, changes graphics adapter or remove the memory of the adapter if you added some.

Beep - 9 short beeps
Significance - Error of the ROM of the BIOS
Possible Remedy - Reintegrate circuit DIP of the BIOS

Beep - 10 short beeps
Significance - Error of access to memory CMOS
Possible Remedy - Defective mother board. Change mother board

Beep - 11 short beeps
Significance - Error of the external hiding place storage Level2
Possible Remedy - Reintegrate the memory correctly hiding place

Beep - 1 beep long + 2 short beeps
Significance - Video error
Possible Remedy - Reintegrate graphics adapter or its memory of extension. If that persists change graphics board.

Beep - 1 long beep + 3 short beeps
Significance - Video error
Possible Remedy - Reintegrate graphics adapter or its memory of extension. If that persists change graphics board.

Phoenix BIOS
Beep - 1-1-3
Significance - Error of access to memory CMOS

Beep - 1-1-4
Significance - Failure of ROM BIOS

Beep - 1-3-1
Significance - Circuit of cooling report

Beep - 1-4-2
Significance - Error parity in the first 64KB

Beep - 1-3-3
Significance - Failure report in the first 64KB

Beep - 1-3-4
Significance - Failure report in the first 64KB

Beep - 3-2-4
Significance - Controller keyboard (circuit 8042)

Beep - 3-1-1
Significance - Failure of circuit DMA

Beep - 3-1-2
Significance - Failure of circuit DMA

Beep - 3-3-4
Significance - Video controller


Phoenix BIOS v4.0 release 6
Beep - 1-2-2-3
Significance - Erroneous Checksum BIOS
Possible Remedy - Change the pile of the BIOS

Beep - 1-3-1-1
Significance - Cooling DRAM
Possible Remedy - Put the adjustments of the BIOS on FAIL

Beep - 1-3-1-3
Significance - Controller keyboard
Possible Remedy - Change the keyboard

Beep - 1-3-4-1
Significance - Address first 512KB of DRAM

Beep - 1-3-4-3
Significance - data of first 512KB of DRAM
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