A Error Messages

BIOS Beep Codes

One long beep followed by several short beeps indicates a video problem.

Table 38.

 

Beep Codes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beeps

 

Port 80h Code

 

Explanation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1-2-2-3

 

16h

 

BIOS ROM checksum

 

 

 

 

 

1-3-1-1

 

20h

 

Test DRAM refresh

 

 

 

 

 

1-3-1-3

 

22h

 

Test Keyboard Controller

 

 

 

 

 

1-3-3-1

 

28h

 

Autosize DRAM

 

 

 

 

 

1-3-3-2

 

29h

 

Initialize POST Memory Manager

 

 

 

 

 

1-3-3-3

 

2Ah

 

Clear 512 KB base RAM

 

 

 

 

 

1-3-4-1

 

2Ch

 

RAM failure on address line xxxx

 

 

 

 

 

1-3-4-3

 

2Eh

 

RAM failure on data bits xxxx of low byte of memory bus

 

 

 

 

 

1-4-1-1

 

30h

 

RAM failure on data bits xxxx of high byte of memory bus

 

 

 

 

 

2-1-2-2

 

45h

 

POST device initialization

 

 

 

 

 

2-1-2-3

 

46h

 

Check ROM copyright notice

 

 

 

 

 

2-2-3-1

 

58h

 

Test for unexpected interrupts

 

 

 

 

 

2-2-4-1

 

5Ch

 

Test RAM between 512 and 640 KB

 

 

 

 

 

1-2

 

98h

 

Search for option ROMs. One long, two short beeps on checksum failure

 

 

 

 

 

BIOS Error Messages

Table 39. BIOS Error Messages

Error Message

Explanation

 

 

Diskette drive A error

Drive A is present but fails the POST diskette tests. Check that the drive

 

is defined with the proper diskette type in Setup and that the diskette drive

 

is installed correctly.

 

 

Extended RAM Failed at offset:

Extended memory not working or not configured properly at offset nnnn.

nnnn

 

 

 

Failing Bits: nnnn

The hexadecimal number nnnn is a map of the bits at the RAM address

 

(System, Extended, or Shadow memory) that failed the memory test.

 

Each 1 in the map indicates a failed bit.

 

 

 

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Intel SE400BX, Motherboard manual Bios Beep Codes, Bios Error Messages

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