4.04.2012

A User's Guide To Various Computer Error Beeps

By Doron Gal


Have you experienced hearing your computer make beeps when it encounters error? Can you interpret what it is saying? This beeps are actually some type of communication your computer makes to tell you what is wrong with it even without displaying any error message or information on the screen.

Here's What You Need To Do The Next Time You'll Encounter Errors On Your Pc:- Listen carefully for the number and period of each beep codes each time it occurs- If necessary, restart or perform the same sequence again before you decide to heard the beeps and observe it. When possible, take note of it. Note the amount of beeps, whether it's a quick beep or perhaps a long one. Make use of any symbol or words, in whatever way that will assist you to remember, the way the beeps sound.

This will be very important later on to determine what is the issue that these beeps represent.- Most likely, BIOS beeps depend on the brand as well as the version of the BIOS a computer uses. For instance, it differs when you talk of beeps with Phonix, Award, AMI, IBM. You might want to ask someone with the technical expertise to help you determine what the manufacturer of your motherboard is.

What Does Bios Mean In The Computer System? BIOS stands for Basic Input Output System that is a small program stored on the small memory chip embedded on the motherboard. It is used to perform various computer controls including booting up information and keyboard control. It is also used to set the configuration of the computer's hardware system including, but not limited to, the hard disk, optical drive, memory, the CPU and many others and can be accessed at startup depending on the make and the model of the motherboard.Here are general information of the beeps that you usually hear on your motherboard:

1. No beep - if you don't hear any beep but there's also no power on your pc system, it might imply that the peripheral is loose, or perhaps the energy is defective.

2. 1 beep - the normal sound which you hear meaning that the POST has effectively passed the POST and it is going to start booting.

3. 2 beeps - memory problem

4. 3 beeps - system timer failure or even video problem - nv4_disp

5. 4 beeps - signifies whether video problem or perhaps failure on a system timer

6. 5 beeps - means a CPU problem or something with the motherboard

7. 6 beeps - is really a motherboard or perhaps a keyboard problem

8. 7 beeps - CPU-related problem or perhaps motherboard

9. 8 beeps - trouble with the memory of a video or perhaps the video card itself

10. 9 or 10 beeps - motherboard-related issue

11. 11 beeps - means a problem with the cache

12. Continuous beeping - shows an issue with the memory, video or perhaps the power source Therefore the next time you listen to your pc making these funny sounds utilizing the system's speaker, you know that a machine is trying to speak to the user or perhaps the technician informing them they wish to be heard.




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