AMI Beep Codes:

1 short DRAM refresh fail

2 short Parity circuit fail

3 short Base 64K RAM fail 4 short System timer fail

5 short Process fail

6 short Keyboard controller Gate A20 error

7 short Virtual mode exception error

8 short Display memory Read/Write test fail

9 short ROM BIOS checksum fail

10 short CMOS shutdown Read/Write error

11 short Cache Memory error

1 long - 3 short Conventional / Extended memory fail

1 long - 8 short Display / Retrace test failed

http://www.pchell.com/hardware/beepcodes.shtml#ami

http://www.bioscentral.com/beepcodes/amibeep.htm

AWARD Beep Codes:

1 long - 2 short Indicates a video error has occurred

Any other beep(s) - Memory problem

http://www.phoenix.com/en/customer+services/bios/awardbios/

 The Award BIOS is sold to board or system manufacturers "hardware vendor", who further customises the BIOS before selling the board / system.

 Award Software itself cannot supply upgrades for a modified BIOS you will need to find the Motherboards Manufacturer for AWARD see this topic

http://www.activeboard.com/forum.spark?forumID=31435&subForumID=62541&action=viewTopic&commentID=928838&topicPage=

AWARD (Generic) error messages:

http://www.phoenix.com/en/customer+services/bios/awardbios/award+error+codes.htm

http://www.bioscentral.com/postcodes/awardbios.htm

AWARD (Generic) beep codes:

http://www.bioscentral.com/beepcodes/awardbeep.htm

Note from the AWARD site:

 The only Award BIOS beep code indicates that a video error has occurred and the BIOS cannot initialize the video screen to display any additional information.

 This beep code consists of a single long beep followed by two short beeps. Any other beeps are probably a RAM (Random Access Memory) problem.

IBM BIOS:

Beep               Fault

0                     No Power, Loose Card, or Short.
1 Short             Normal POST, computer is ok.
2 Short             POST error, review screen for error code.
Continuous        No Power, Loose Card, or Short.
Repeating Short No Power, Loose Card, or Short.
1 Long 1 Short   Motherboard issue.
1 Long 2 short   Video (Mono/CGA Display Circuitry) issue.
1 Long 3 Short   Video (EGA) Display Circuitry.
3 Long              Keyboard / Keyboard card error.
1 Long              Blank or Incorrect Display Video Display Circuitry.

PHEONIX (Q3.07 OR 4.X):

1-1-1-3 Verify Real Mode.

1-1-2-1 Get CPU type.

1-1-2-3 Initialize system hardware.

1-1-3-1 Initialize chipset registers with initial POST values.

1-1-3-2 Set in POST flag.

1-1-3-3 Initialize CPU registers.

1-1-4-1 Initialize cache to initial POST values.

1-1-4-3 Initialize I/O.

1-2-1-1 Initialize Power Management.

1-2-1-2 Load alternate registers with initial POST values.

1-2-1-3 Jump to UserPatch0.

1-2-2-1 Initialize keyboard controller.

1-2-2-3 BIOS ROM checksum.

1-2-3-1 8254 timer initialization.

1-2-3-3 8237 DMA controller initialization.

1-2-4-1 Reset Programmable Interrupt Controller.

1-3-1-1 Test DRAM refresh.

1-3-1-3 Test 8742 Keyboard Controller.

1-3-2-1 Set ES segment to register to 4 GB. 1-3-3-1 28 Autosize DRAM.

1-3-3-3 Clear 512K base RAM.

1-3-4-1 Test 512 base address lines.

1-3-4-3 Test 512K base memory.

1-4-1-3 Test CPU bus-clock frequency.

1-4-2-4 Reinitialize the chipset.

1-4-3-1 Shadow system BIOS ROM.

1-4-3-2 Reinitialize the cache.

1-4-3-3 Autosize cache.

1-4-4-1 Configure advanced chipset registers.

1-4-4-2 Load alternate registers with CMOS values.

2-1-1-1 Set Initial CPU speed.

2-1-1-3 Initialize interrupt vectors.

2-1-2-1 Initialize BIOS interrupts.

2-1-2-3 Check ROM copyright notice.

2-1-2-4 Initialize manager for PCI Options ROMs.

2-1-3-1 Check video configuration against CMOS.

2-1-3-2 Initialize PCI bus and devices.

2-1-3-3 Initialize all video adapters in system.

2-1-4-1 Shadow video BIOS ROM.

2-1-4-3 Display copyright notice.

2-2-1-1 Display CPU type and speed.

2-2-1-3 Test keyboard.

2-2-2-1 Set key click if enabled.

2-2-2-3 56 Enable keyboard.

2-2-3-1 Test for unexpected interrupts.

2-2-3-3 Display prompt "Press F2 to enter SETUP".

2-2-4-1 Test RAM between 512 and 640k.

2-3-1-1 Test expanded memory.

2-3-1-3 Test extended memory address lines.

2-3-2-1 Jump to UserPatch1.

2-3-2-3 Configure advanced cache registers.

2-3-3-1 Enable external and CPU caches.

2-3-3-3 Display external cache size.

2-3-4-1 Display shadow message.

2-3-4-3 Display non-disposable segments.

2-4-1-1 Display error messages.

2-4-1-3 Check for configuration errors.

2-4-2-1 Test real-time clock.

2-4-2-3 Check for keyboard errors

2-4-4-1 Set up hardware interrupts vectors.

2-4-4-3 Test coprocessor if present.

3-1-1-1 Disable onboard I/O ports.

3-1-1-3 Detect and install external RS232 ports.

3-1-2-1 Detect and install external parallel ports.

3-1-2-3 Re-initialize onboard I/O ports.

3-1-3-1 Initialize BIOS Data Area.

3-1-3-3 Initialize Extended BIOS Data Area.

3-1-4-1 Initialize floppy controller.

3-2-1-1 Initialize hard-disk controller.

3-2-1-2 Initialize local-bus hard-disk controller.

3-2-1-3 Jump to UserPatch2.

3-2-2-1 Disable A20 address line.

3-2-2-3 Clear huge ES segment register.

3-2-3-1 Search for option ROMs.

3-2-3-3 Shadow option ROMs.

3-2-4-1 Set up Power Management.

3-2-4-3 Enable hardware interrupts.

3-3-1-1 Set time of day.

3-3-1-3 Check key lock.

3-3-3-1 Erase F2 prompt.

3-3-3-3 Scan for F2 key stroke.

3-3-4-1 Enter SETUP.

3-3-4-3 Clear in-POST flag.

3-4-1-1 Check for errors

3-4-1-3 POST done--prepare to boot operating system.

3-4-2-1 One beep.

3-4-2-3 Check password (optional).

3-4-3-1 Clear global descriptor table.

3-4-4-1 Clear parity checkers.

3-4-4-3 Clear screen (optional).

3-4-4-4 Check virus and backup reminders.

4-1-1-1 Try to boot with INT 19.

4-2-1-1 Interrupt handler error.

4-2-1-3 Unknown interrupt error.

4-2-2-1 Pending interrupt error.

4-2-2-3 Initialize option ROM error.

4-2-3-1 Shutdown error.

4-2-3-3 Extended Block Move.

4-2-4-1 Shutdown 10 error.

4-3-1-3 Initialize the chipset.

4-3-1-4 Initialize refresh counter.

4-3-2-1 Check for Forced Flash.

4-3-2-2 Check HW status of ROM.

4-3-2-3 BIOS ROM is OK.

4-3-2-4 Do a complete RAM test.

4-3-3-1 Do OEM initialization.

4-3-3-2 Initialize interrupt controller.

4-3-3-3 Read in bootstrap code.

4-3-3-4 Initialize all vectors.

4-3-4-1 Boot the Flash program.

4-3-4-2 Initialize the boot device.

4-3-4-3 Boot code was read OK.

 PHEW!

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