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BeepErrorCodes
AMIBIOSBeepCodes

1ShortBeepSystemOK

2ShortBeepsParityerrorinthefirst64KBofmemory
3ShortBeepsMemoryfailureinthefirst64KB
4ShortBeepsMemoryfailureinthefirst64KBOperationalofmemory
orTimer1onthemotherboardisnotfunctioning

5ShortBeepsTheCPUonthemotherboardgeneratedanerror
6ShortBeepsThekeyboardcontrollermaybebad.TheBIOScannotswitchtoprotectedmode
7ShortBeepsTheCPUgeneratedanexceptioninterrupt
8ShortBeepsThesystemvideoadapteriseithermissing,oritsmemoryisfaulty
9ShortBeepsTheROMchecksumvaluedoesnotmatchthevalueencodedintheBIOS
10ShortBeepsTheshutdownregisterforCMOSRAMfailed
11ShortBeepsTheexternalcacheisfaulty
1Long,3ShortBeepsMemoryProblems
1Long,8ShortBeepsVideoCardProblems

PhoenixBIOSBeepCodes

113CMOSread/writefailure

114ROMBIOSchecksumerror
121Programmableintervaltimerfailure
122DMAinitialisationfailure
123DMApageregisterread/writefailure
131RAMrefreshverificationfailure
133First64kRAMchipordatalinefailure
134First64kRAModd/evenlogicfailure
141Addresslinefailurefirst64kRAM
142Parityfailurefirst64kRAM
2__FaultyMemory
31_FaultyMotherboard
324KeyboardcontrollerTestfailure
334Screeninitialisationfailure
341Screenretracetestfailure
342SearchforvideoROMinprogress
421Timertickinterruptinprogressorfailure
422Shutdowntestinprogressorfailure
423GateA20failure
424Unexpectedinterruptinprotectedmode
431RAMtestinprogressorfailure>ffffh
432FaultyMotherboard

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433Intervaltimerchannel2testorfailure
434TimeofDayclocktestfailure
441Serialporttestorfailure
442Parallelporttestorfailure
443Mathcoprocessortestorfailure
Low112SystemBoardselectfailure
Low113ExtendedCMOSRAMfailure

IBMPOSTErrorCodes

1shortbeepSystemisOK

2shortbeepsPOSTErrorerrorcodeshownonscreenNobeepPowersupplyorsystemboardproblemContinuous
beepPowersupply,systemboard,orkeyboardproblemRepeatingshortbeepsPowersupplyorsystemboardproblem
1long,1shortbeepSystemboardproblem
1long,2shortbeepsDisplayadapterproblem(MDA,CGA)
1long,3shortbeepsDisplayadapterproblem(EGA)
3longbeeps3270keyboardcard

AwardBIOSBeepCodes

1long,2shortVideoadaptererror(Eithervideoadapterisbadorisnotseatedproperly.Also,checktoensurethe
monitorcableisconnectedproperly.)

Repeating(endlessloop)Memoryerror(Checkforimproperlyseatedormissingmemory.)
1long,3shortNovideocardorbadvideoRAM(Reseatorreplacethevideocard.)
HighfrequencybeeepswhilerunningOverheatedCPU(ChecktheCPUfanforproperoperation.Checkthecasefor
properairflow.)
RepeatingHigh/LowCPU(EithertheCPUisnotseatedproperlyortheCPUisdamaged.Mayalsobeduetoexcess
heat.ChecktheCPUfanorBIOSsettingsforproperfanspeed.)

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