P4P800 5 beeps

[Dean Slindee]

On a new build with an Asus P4P800 mb, and AMIBIOS 8.00.09, getting 5 POST
beeps before video and before the OK beep. Probably 3 long, 2 short (might
be 2 long 3 short, or just 5 steady beeps). Using an Intel 3.0 GHz Prescott
CPU, FSB800, Intel
865PE chipset with 1 GB PC2700 DDR333 RAM. After the OK beep, the boot
cycle goes to conclusion and the OS is loaded fine.

I have downloaded the AMIBOIS Beep Code List from AMI, which indicates that
5 beeps is a fatal error indicator. However, the system does successfully
boot. I pulled all the PCI cards except the video card, still 5 beeps.
Houston, is there a problem?

Thanks,
Dean Slindee

 

[Paul]

On a new build with an Asus P4P800 mb, and AMIBIOS 8.00.09, getting 5 POST
beeps before video and before the OK beep. Probably 3 long, 2 short (might
be 2 long 3 short, or just 5 steady beeps). Using an Intel 3.0 GHz Prescott
CPU, FSB800, Intel
865PE chipset with 1 GB PC2700 DDR333 RAM. After the OK beep, the boot
cycle goes to conclusion and the OS is loaded fine.

I have downloaded the AMIBOIS Beep Code List from AMI, which indicates that
5 beeps is a fatal error indicator. However, the system does successfully
boot. I pulled all the PCI cards except the video card, still 5 beeps.
Houston, is there a problem?

Thanks,
Dean Slindee

Count the beeps, then count the number of USB devices you
have plugged in. Remove some of the USB devices. Boot
again and listen to the beep count change. The AMI
BIOS writers have a strange sense of humor, and feel the
tradition of beeping only for problems is to be violated
by enumerating USB devices with beeps as well.

Paul

 

[Dean Slindee]

ROFL, you are so right! And I just spent $20 on a POST board this morning
to help track this down. Should have talked to you first. On second
thought, maybe it will be a good investment, to defend myself against future
AMI BIOS virus-beep messages.
Thanks,
Dean

 

[Canus_Lupis]

I believe the latest bios update fixes this problem.

 

[Greysky]

Count the beeps, then count the number of USB devices you
have plugged in. Remove some of the USB devices. Boot
again and listen to the beep count change. The AMI
BIOS writers have a strange sense of humor, and feel the
tradition of beeping only for problems is to be violated
by enumerating USB devices with beeps as well.

Paul

Well, they could have made it worse: say one beep for each kilobyte of
memory installed....