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When a computer is first turned on, or rebooted, its BIOS performs a power-on self test (POST) to test the system's hardware, checking to make sure that all of the system's hardware components are working properly. Under normal circumstances, the POST will display an error message; however, if the BIOS detects an error before it can access the video card, or if there is a problem with the video card, it will produce a series of beeps, and the pattern of the beeps indicates what kind of problem the BIOS has detected. Because there are many brands of BIOS, there are no standard beep codes for every BIOS. The two mostused brands are AMI (American Megatrends International) and Phoenix. Below are listed the beep codes for AMI systems, and here are the beep codes for Phoenix systems.
Meaning Faulty CPU/motherboard. Verify real mode. Faulty CPU/motherboard. Faulty motherboard or one of its components. Faulty motherboard or one of its components. Initialize chipset registers with initial POST values. Faulty motherboard or one of its components. Faulty motherboard or one of its components. Initialize CPU registers. Failure in the first 64K of memory. Level 2 cache error. I/O port error. Power management error. Faulty motherboard or one of its components. Keyboard controller failure. BIOS ROM error. System timer error. DMA error. IRQ controller error. DRAM refresh error. A20 gate failure. Faulty motherboard or one of its components. Extended memory error. Error in first 1MB of system memory.
1-3-4-3 1-4-1-3 1-4-2-4 1-4-3-1 2-1-4-1 1-4-3-2 1-4-3-3 1-4-4-1 1-4-4-2 2-1-1-1 2-1-1-3 2-1-2-1 2-1-2-3 2-1-2-4 2-1-3-2 2-1-3-1 2-1-3-3 2-1-1-3 2-1-2-1 2-1-2-3 2-1-2-4 2-1-4-3 2-2-1-1 2-2-1-3 2-2-2-1 2-2-2-3 2-2-3-1 2-2-4-1 2-3-1-1 2-3-3-3 2-3-2-1 2-3-2-3 2-3-3-1 2-3-4-1 2-3-4-3 2-3-4-1 2-3-4-3 2-4-1-1 CPU error. BIOS ROM shadow error. Level 2 cache error.
IRQ failure. BIOS ROM error. I/O port failure. Video system failure. IRQ failure. BIOS ROM error. I/O port failure. Video card failure.
Keyboard controller failure. IRQ error. Error in first 1MB of system memory. Extended memory failure. Faulty motherboard or one of its components. Level 2 cache error. Motherboard or video card failure.
2-4-1-3 2-4-2-1 2-4-2-3 2-4-4-1 3-1-1-1 3-1-1-3 3-1-2-1 3-1-2-3 3-1-3-1 3-1-3-3 3-1-4-1 3-2-1-1 3-2-1-2 3-2-1-3 3-2-2-1 3-2-2-3 3-2-3-1 3-2-4-1 3-2-4-3 3-3-1-1 3-3-1-3 3-3-3-3 3-3-3-3 3-3-4-1 3-3-4-3 3-4-1-1 3-4-1-3 3-4-2-1 3-4-2-3 3-4-3-1 3-4-4-1 3-4-4-4 4-1-1-1 4-2-1-1 4-2-1-3 4-2-2-1 4-2-2-3 4-2-3-1 4-2-3-3 4-2-4-1
Faulty motherboard or one of its components. RTC error. Keyboard controller error. IRQ error.
Floppy drive or hard drive failure. Faulty motherboard or one of its components. Keyboard controller error. Faulty motherboard or one of its components. IRQ error. RTC error. Key lock error. Faulty motherboard or one of its components.
4-2-4-3 4-3-1-3 4-3-1-4 4-3-2-1 4-3-2-2 4-3-3-1 4-3-4-1 4-3-4-3 4-3-3-2 4-3-3-4 4-3-3-3 4-3-4-2