System BIOS and Resources
BIOS Beep Codes
Chapter 4
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BIOS Beep Codes
If a terminal error occurs during POST, the system issues a beep
code before attempting to display the error in the upper left corner
of the screen. Beep codes are useful for identifying the error when
the system is unable to display the error message.
Beep Code
Numeric
Code
Description
1-2-2-3
16h
BIOS ROM checksum failure
1
B4h
one short beep before boot
1-3-1-1
20h
DRAM refresh test failure
1-2
98h
Video configuration failure or option ROMs
checksum failure
1-3-1-3
22h
8742 Keyboard controller test failure
1-3-3-1
28h
Memory initialization failure
1-3-4-1
2Ch
RAM failure on address line xxxx
a
1-3-4-3
2Eh
RAM failure on data bits xxxx1 of low byte of
memory bus
2-1-2-3
46h
ROM copyright notice check failure
2-2-3-1
58h
Unexpected interrupts test failure
4-4-2-4
F7
Crisis Recovery Failure
a. If the BIOS detects error 2C or 2E (base 512K RAM error), it displays an
additional word-bitmap (xxxx) indicating the address line or bits that failed. For
example, “2C 0002” means address line 1 (bit one set) has failed. “2E 1020” means
data bits 12 and 5 (bits 12 and 5 set) have failed in the lower 16 bits.
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