4 Solving BIOS Problems

The board reports POST errors in two ways:

By sounding a beep code

By displaying an error message on the monitor

BIOS Beep Codes

The BIOS beep codes are listed in Table 42. The BIOS also issues a beep code (one long tone followed by two short tones) during POST if the video configuration fails, or if an external ROM module does not properly checksum to zero.

Table 42. Beep Codes

Number of Beeps

Description

 

 

1

Refresh failure

 

 

2

Parity cannot be reset

 

 

3

First 64 Kb memory failure

 

 

4

Timer not operational

 

 

5

Processor failure (Reserved; not used)

 

 

6

8042 GateA20 cannot be toggled (memory failure or not present)

 

 

7

Exception interrupt error

 

 

8

Display memory R/W error

 

 

9

(Reserved; not used)

 

 

10

CMOS Shutdown register test error

 

 

11

Invalid BIOS (such as, POST module not found)

 

 

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Intel S875WP1-E manual Bios Beep Codes, Number of Beeps Description

S875WP1-E specifications

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