Diagnostic Beep Codes 25
The computer may emit a series of beeps during start-up if the display cannot
show errors or problems. These series of beeps, called beep codes, identify
various problems. The delay between each beep is 300 ms, the delay between
each set of beeps is 3 seconds, and the beep sound lasts 300 ms. After each
beep and each set of beeps, the BIOS should detect if the user presses the
power button. If so, BIOS will jump out from looping and execute the normal
shutdown process and power system.
Code Cause and Troubleshooting Steps
1BIOS ROM checksum in progress or failure
System board failure, covers BIOS corruption or ROM error
2No RAM detected
No memory detected
3Chipset Error (North and South Bridge Chipset, DMA/IMR/ Timer Error) ,
Time-Of-Day Clock test failure , Gate A20 failure , Super I/O chip failure ,
Keyboard controller test failure
System board failure
4RAM Read/Write failure
Memory failure
5Real-time clock power fail
CMOS battery failure
6Video BIOS test failure
Video card failure
7Processor failure
Processor failure
8Display
Display failure
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