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Bios Beeps Explanation of

When I come across a super site I was only to happy to pass it on. However, the site as now gone, so I have typed out the information. But the credits still belong to Casey Luttrull, a 26-year-old IT manager

Print it of and keep it handy you never know when you may need it.

AMI Bios

Number of Beeps Description Solution 1 Memory refresh timer error Reseat or replace Memory 2 Parity error in base memory Reseat or replace Memory ( First 64KB block) 3 Base memory read/write test error Reseat or replace Memory 4 Motherboard timer not operational Reseat or replace Motherboard 5 Processor error Reseat or replace Motherboard 6 8042 Gate A20 test error ( Cannot switch to protected mode ) Reseat or replace Keyboard 7 General exception error (Processor exception interrupt error ) Reseat or replace Motherboard 8 Display memory error (System video adapter ) Repair or replace Video Card 9 AMBIOS ROM checksum error Repair or replace Bios 10 CMOS shutdown register read/write error Repair or replace Motherboard 11 Cache memory test failed Repair or replace Motherboard

Phoenix Bios

1-2-2-3 BIOS ROM checksum Repair or replace BIOS 1-3-1-1 Test DRAM refresh Reseat or replace memory 1-3-1-3 Test 8742 Keyboard Controller Reconnect or replace Keyboard 1-3-4-1 RAM failure on address line xxxx Reseat or replace memory 1-3-4-3 RAM failure on data bits xxxx of low Byte of memory bus Reseat or replace memory 1-4-1-1 RAM failure on data bits xxxx of high Byte of memory bus Reseat or replace memory 2-1-2-3 Check Rom Copyright notice Repair or replace Motherboard 2-2-3-1 Test for unexpected interrupts Repair or replace Motherboard

Award Bios

1 long, 2 short A video error has occurred Repair or replace Video Card Any other Beeps Memory error Reseat or replace memory  