Beep Codes

The initial POST sequence may not have a any video displayed and a pattern of beep codes
may be heard. For example, one beep, followed by a second beep, and then a burst of three
beeps (code 1-1-3) indicates that the computer was unable to read the data in non-volatile
random-access memory (NVRAM).

If the system loses power and beeps constantly when you turn it back on, the BIOS is probably
corrupted.

    
Beep Codes Beep Codes

Beep Beep
Description Description
Code Code

1-1-2 CPU register test in progress 1st 64K RAM chip or data line
2-4-3
failure - bit E
CMOS read/write test in progress
1-1-3
or failure 1st 64K RAM chip or data line
2-4-4
failure - bit F
BIOS ROM checksum in progress
1-1-4
or failure Slave DMA register test in
3-1-1
progress or failure
1-2-1 Timer Test in progress or failure
Master DMA register test in
DMA initialization in progress or 3-1-2
1-2-2 progress or failure
failure
Master IMR test in progress or
DMA page register read/write test 3-1-3
1-2-3 failure
in progress or failure
Slave IMR test in progress or
RAM refresh verification in 3-1-4
1-3-1 failure
progress or failure
3-2-2 Interrupt vector loading in progress
1st 64K RAM test in progress or
1-3-2
failure Keyboard controller test in
3-2-4
progress or failure
1st 64K RAM chip or data line
1-3-3
failure (multi bit) CMOS power fail and checksum
3-3-1
test in progress
1st 64K RAM odd/even logic
1-3-4
failure CMOS Config info validation in
3-3-2
progress
1-4-1 1st 64K RAM address line failure
RTC/Keyboard controller not
1st 64K RAM parity test in 3-3-3
1-4-2 found
progress or failure
3-3-4 Screen memory test in progress or
1-4-3 Fail-safe timer test in progress failure

Software NMI port test in Screen initialization test in

1st 64K RAM chip or data line Screen retrace tests test in progress
2-1-1 3-4-2
failure - bit 0 or failure

1st 64K RAM chip or data line 3-4-3 Search for video ROM in progress
2-1-2
failure - bit 1
Timer tick interrupt test in progress
4-2-1
1st 64K RAM chip or data line or failure
2-1-3
failure - bit 2
Shutdown test in progress or
4-2-2
1st 64K RAM chip or data line failure
2-1-4
failure - bit 3
4-2-3 Gate A20 failure
1st 64K RAM chip or data line
2-2-1 Unexpected interrupt in Protected
failure - bit 4 4-2-4
Mode
1st 64K RAM chip or data line
2-2-2 RAM test in progress or failure
failure - bit 5 4-3-1
above address 0FFFFh
1st 64K RAM chip or data line
2-2-3 4-3-2 No memory in Bank 0
failure - bit 6

1st 64K RAM chip or data line Interval Timer Channel 2 test in
2-2-4 4-3-3
failure - bit 7 progress or failure

1st 64K RAM chip or data line Time-Of-Day Clock test in

1st 64K RAM chip or data line 4-4-1 Super I/O chip failure
2-3-2
failure - bit 9

1st 64K RAM chip or data line

1st 64K RAM chip or data line

1st 64K RAM chip or data line

1st 64K RAM chip or data line