Beeps

Description

Troubleshooting steps

 

 

 

4

System board timer not operational.

Possible system board malfunction. To

 

 

eliminate the possibility of an add in-card

 

 

problem, remove all expansion cards.

 

 

■ If the beep code occurs even when all

 

 

expansion cards have been removed, the

 

 

system board is at fault.

 

 

■ If the beep code does not occur when the

 

 

expansion cards have been removed, one

 

 

of the cards is causing the problem. Install

 

 

the cards one at a time until the problem

 

 

happens again. When the beep code

 

 

returns, the most recent card you installed

 

 

is at fault.

 

 

 

5

A processor on the system board generated

Try replacing the processors with known

 

an error.

good processors.

 

 

Same as for 4 beeps.

 

 

 

6

The keyboard controller (8042) may be

Remove the keyboard to see if the error goes

 

defective. The BIOS cannot switch to

away. If it does, try a known good keyboard.

 

Protected mode.

Same as for 4 beeps.

 

 

 

 

 

7

General exception error (processor

Same as for 4 beeps.

 

exception error).

Same as for 5 beeps

 

 

 

 

 

8

Display memory error (system video

If the system video adapter is an add-in card,

 

adapter).

replace or reseat the video adapter. If the

 

 

video adapter is integrated into the system

 

 

board, the board may be faulty. Try using an

 

 

add-in card.

 

 

 

9

The ROM checksum value does not match

Same as for 4 beeps.

 

the value encoded in the BIOS.

 

 

 

 

10

The shutdown register for CMOS RAM failed.

Same as for 4 beeps.

 

 

 

11

The cache memory test failed.

Same as for 4 beeps.

 

 

 

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