Beep symptoms

Beep symptoms are short tones or a series of short tones separated by pauses

(intervals without sound). See the following examples.

Beeps Description
1-2-X vOne beep
vApause (or break)
vTwobeeps
vApause (or break)
vAny number of breaks
4Four continuous beeps

Use the following table to diagnose beep symptoms.

Beep Symptom FRU/Action
1-1-3
CMOS read-write error 1. Run Setup
2. System Board
1-1-4
ROM BIOS check error 1. System Board
1-2-X
DMAerror 1. System Board
1-3-X 1. Memory Module
2. System Board
1-4-4 1. Keyboard
2. System Board
1-4-X
Error detected in first 64 KB of RAM 1. Memory Module
2. System Board
2-1-1,2-1-2 1. Run Setup
2. System Board
2-1-X
First 64 KB of RAM failed 1. Memory Module
2. System Board
2-2-2 1. VideoAdapter (if installed)
2. System Board
2-2-X
First 64 KB of RAM failed 1. Memory Module
2. System Board
2-3-X 1. Memory Module
2. System Board
2-4-X 1. Run Setup
2. Memory Module
3. System Board
3-1-X
DMAregister failed 1. System Board
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