AMI-BIOS: The meaning of the warning tones
- 1 x short: Everything is fine, pure tone.
- 1 x long: error on the power supply. Check the power plug.
- 1 x long + 1 x short: Indefinable error on the Motherboard.
- 1 x long + 2 x short: Problem with the graphics card. Check the Position. Possibly there is a Defect.
- 1 x long + 3 x short: an error in the Transmission between the Computer and the screen. Contacts or the screen cable is faulty.
- 1 × long + 6 x short: keyboard Controller is defective.
- 1 × long + 8 × short: video memory of the graphics card is faulty.
- 1 × long + 9 × short: ROM error.
- 2 × short: Parity could not be reset (RAM).
- 3 × short: error in the lower memory block (RAM).
- 3 × long: error in the keyboard Interface on the Motherboard.
- 3 x short + 3× long + 3× short: RAM modules is defective.
- 4 x short: System Timer failure.
- 5 × short: CPU error (CPU).
- 6 × short: No RAM memory installed.
- 7 × short: interruption error in the CPU.
- 8 × short: an error in the display memory of the graphics card.
- 9 x short: CMOS or ROM check sum error. Possibly a Problem with the CMOS battery.
- 10 × short: an error occurred while reading the CMOS.
- 11 × in short: L2 Cache is defective.
- Siren: Problem with to high temperature. Fan not working, voltage Problem, or individual components is defective.
Award BIOS
- 1 x short: Everything is fine, pure tone.
- 2 × short: Indefinable error. Under the circumstances, this will be displayed on the screen.
- 1 × long: out of memory (RAM).
- 1 x long + 1 x short: error on the Motherboard.
- 1 × length + 2 × short: error with the graphics card.
- 1 × long + 3 × short: an error occurred with the keyboard controller.
- 1 x long + 3 x short: an error in the Transmission between the Computer and the screen. Contacts or the screen cable is faulty.
- 3 × long: error in the keyboard Interface on the Motherboard.
- 4 x length: error of the cooling fan temperature control.
- Continuous tone-memory or video card is not recognized.
- All the time short: an error in the power supply to the motherboard.
- Repeated long-memory or video card is not recognized.
- Siren: Problem with to high temperature. Fan not working, voltage Problem, or individual components is defective.
- Irregular sound bug with the CPU voltage or CPU-ventilation.
- 10-seconds Dauerpiep: failure of the CPU fan.
Phoenix BIOS
- 1× 1× 3× short: error on Write to or read from the CMOS.
- 1× 1× 4× short: CMOS or ROM check sum error. Possibly a Problem with the CMOS battery.
- 1× 2× 1× short: Defective system timer.
- 1× 2× 2× short: Faulty DMA Controller.
- 1× 3× 1× short: Not exactly definable error on the Motherboard.
- 2× short: memory defective or is not detected.
- 3× 2× 4× short: Damaged keyboard controller.
- 3× 3× 4× short: memory of the graphics card is defective.
- 3× 4× 1× short: graphics card could not be initialized.
- 3× 4× 2× short: graphics card Controller is defective.
- 4× 2× 2× short: Incorrect Shutdown function.
- 4× 3× 3× short: Defective Timer.
- 4× 3× 4× short: real-time clock is broken.
- 4× 4× 3× short: an error in the Co-processor.
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