Meaning Of The Beep Sounds In Pc Know what each beep of your computer has to say

[samnav 0]

Hello friends! This topic is so important because most of computer problems can be prevented (assuming one problem leads to another) we know early the small problem it gets.
like a child our computer communicates with us throug beep sounds(also called as ERROR CODES IN A PC).

Let us look at it one by one

One Beep Quote
DRAM refresh failure
This may be due to - Bad memory chips
- A bad DMA Chip
- Bad memory addressing chips on the motherboard


Two Beeps
Quote
Parity error or Parity Circuit failure
Your memory may not be seated properly on the mother board.
Unplug and plug it properly


Three Beeps

QuoteBad memory or bad mother board


Four beeps

QuoteTimer failure in the RAM.


Five Beeps

QuoteCPU chip may be dead


Six Beeps

QuoteKeyboard controller may have failed


Seven beeps

QuoteCPU is dead. Retry the connections and test.
Replace the whole motherboard.


Eight Beeps

QuoteVideo card is missing or Bad.


Nine Beeps

Quoteamaged ROM BIOS. BIOS chip has to be replaced if it persists.


Ten Beeps

QuoteCMOS shutdown. Replace CMOS memory and associated chips.


Eleven Beeps
Quote
Cache memory test has failed.
To enable cache memory try CTRL+ALT+SHIFT++.


One long Beep and Three short Beeps

QuoteMemory failure


One long Beep and Eight short Beeps
QuoteVideo card failure. Try to install video card in another slot.


No Beeps
QuoteCheck Power supply
Check mother board connections
Remove all cards except video card and check for system power up
Insert all cards one at a time and check their operation.
If system hangs on the installation of a particular card, then it is the cause for the problem and replace it with another of that type and check

Have a nice day!

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[jlhaslip 4]

Here is a more complete list as per different chipsets.

http://www.5starsupport.com/info/beep_codes.htm

[dazappa 0]

Strange it says 3 beeps is a memory failure or motherboard failure. One of my pcs beeps 3 times everytime it starts up, but memory works fine, everything works fine. weird.

[Wolves 0]

Same here, mine beeps once all the time and never has had a problem starting up. Also, do you know what brand of BIOS (I think that's what affects it, anyways) you're doing this from? Also, If it is in fact, irrelevant, then I would like to add that one long beep means

Hard drive error, detected, but un-accessable.

that is important for fixing locked xbox hard drives, it means that your BIOS cannot unlock it (no bios, except the xbox's can).

[iGuest 3]

Four BeepsMeaning Of The Beep Sounds In Pc

I had a Dell Inspiron 530 that started but nothing came up on the screen.  It also was beeping four times.  After unplugging all the peripherals and took off the cover and took out the four RAM cards and reset them.  I put everything back together and started it up.  Beautiful.  Everything came back just fine.  Thanks a million.  Bob M.

-reply by Bob M.