Beeps and what they mean

[Dennis]

Can anyone tell me what this means? When I do a restart
the system beeps 1 long and 3 short and then hangs up.
Advise, thanks

 

[Michael D. Alligood]

Do you have any display on the monitor?

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Best of luck!

Michael D. Alligood
MCSA, MCP, CCNA, A+,
Network+, i-Net+, CIW A, CIW CI

 

[Wesley Vogel]

If you have an Award BIOS.....

BEEP CODE MEANING POSSIBLE CAUSE
1 Long, 3 Short Video adapter failure Bad video adapter or memory


BIOS Beep Codes
http://www.amptron.com/html/bios.beepcodes.html

 

[Guest]

Yes I do have display....it mainly happens on reboots.

 

[Guest]

The video does work okay so I'm not sure...it may be memory.

 

[Guest]

The Bois is ASUS according to the HP system. Does that use the same codes or different?

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Dennis,

All BIOSs have different codes. Award BIOS was the only one I found with 1
Long, 3 Short beeps.

If the video seems OK, that leaves the memory.

Download >>
Memtest86 - A Stand-alone Memory Diagnostic
http://www.memtest86.com

It comes in a .zip file and so needs to be
1) unzipped
2) double-clicked to make a bootable floppy
3) boot with the floppy and the test will run immediately without user
input.

 

[Guest]

Thanks, I'll give a try.

Dennis,

All BIOSs have different codes. Award BIOS was the only one I found with 1
Long, 3 Short beeps.

If the video seems OK, that leaves the memory.

Download >>
Memtest86 - A Stand-alone Memory Diagnostic
http://www.memtest86.com

It comes in a .zip file and so needs to be
1) unzipped
2) double-clicked to make a bootable floppy
3) boot with the floppy and the test will run immediately without user
input.

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Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes

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