Beep sequence | Error description |
1-1-2 | Error while testing the processor. Processor is defective. Replace Processor |
1-1-3 | Error writing / reading data to / from CMOS memory |
1-1-4 | An error was detected while calculating the checksum of the BIOS content |
1-2-1 | Motherboard initialization error |
1-2-2 or 1-2-3 | DMA controller initialization error |
1-3-1 | Error initializing the RAM regeneration scheme |
1-3-3 or 1-3-4 | Error initializing the first 64 Kbytes of RAM |
1-4-1 | Motherboard initialization error |
1-4-2 | Error initializing the RAM |
1-4-3 | Error initializing the system timer |
1-4-4 | Write/read error to/from one of the I/O ports |
2-1-1 | An error was detected while reading/writing the 0th bit (in hexadecimal representation) of the first 64 Kbytes of RAM |
2-1-2 | An error was detected while reading / writing the 1st bit (in hexadecimal notation) of the first 64 KB of RAM |
2-1-3 | An error was detected while reading/writing the 2nd bit (in hexadecimal notation) of the first 64 Kbytes of RAM |
2-1-4 | An error was detected while reading/writing the 3rd bit (in hexadecimal representation) of the first 64 Kbytes of RAM |
2-2-1 | An error was detected while reading/writing the 4th bit (in hexadecimal representation) of the first 64 Kbytes of RAM |
2-2-2 | An error was detected while reading/writing the 5th bit (in hexadecimal notation) of the first 64 Kbytes of RAM |
2-2-3 | An error was detected while reading/writing the 6th bit (in hexadecimal notation) of the first 64 Kbytes of RAM |
2-2-4 | An error was detected while reading/writing the 7th bit (in hexadecimal representation) of the first 64 Kbytes of RAM |
2-3-1 | An error was detected while reading/writing the 8th bit (in hexadecimal representation) of the first 64 Kbytes of RAM |
2-3-2 | An error was detected while reading/writing the 9th bit (in hexadecimal representation) of the first 64 Kbytes of RAM |
2-3-3 | An error was detected while reading/writing the 10th bit (in hexadecimal representation) of the first 64 Kbytes of RAM |
2-3-4 | An error was detected while reading/writing the 11th bit (in hexadecimal notation) of the first 64 Kbytes of RAM |
2-4-1 | An error was detected while reading/writing the 12th bit (in hexadecimal representation) of the first 64 Kbytes of RAM |
2-4-2 | An error was detected while reading/writing the 13th bit (in hexadecimal notation) of the first 64 Kbytes of RAM |
2-4-3 | An error was detected while reading/writing the 14th bit (in hexadecimal notation) of the first 64 Kbytes of RAM |
2-4-4 | An error was detected while reading/writing the 15th bit (in hexadecimal notation) of the first 64 Kbytes of RAM |
3-1-1 | Error initializing the second DMA channel |
3-1-2 or 3-1-4 | Error initializing the first DMA channel |
3-2-4 | Keyboard controller initialization error |
3-3-4 | Video memory initialization error |
3-4-1 | There were serious problems when trying to handle the monitor |
3-4-2 | Cannot initialize video card BIOS |
4-2-1 | Error initializing the system timer |
4-2-2 | Testing completed |
4-2-3 | Keyboard controller initialization error |
4-2-4 | Critical error when switching the central processor to protected mode |
4-3-1 | Error initializing the RAM |
4-3-2 | Error initializing the first timer |
4-3-3 | Error initializing the second timer |
4-4-1 | Error initializing one of the serial ports |
4-4-2 | Parallel port initialization error |
4-4-3 | Error initializing the math coprocessor |
Long, continuous beeps | Faulty motherboard |
Siren sounds from high to low frequency | Faulty video card, check electrical capacities for leaks, or replace all with new ones that are known to be good |
continuous signal | CPU not connected (faulty) |