| Beep Codes, AMI & Award BIOS beep codes |
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AMI BIOS beep codes
Normally a computer with an AMI bios won't beep it will just show a error message across the screen. It's usually only when the video card's not working or something very serious happens you'll get a beep code.
| Beep Code | Description |
| 1 Short | DRAMS refresh failure. |
| 2 Short | Parity circuit failure. |
| 3 Short | Base 64k RAM failure. |
| 4 Short | System timer failure. |
| 5 Short | Process failure. |
| 6 Short | Keyboard controller Gate A20 error. |
| 7 Short | Virtual mode exception error. |
| 8 Short | Display memory Read/Write test failure |
| 9 Short | ROM BIOS checksum failure. |
| 10 Short | CMOS shutdown Read/Write error. |
| 11 Short | Cache Memory error. |
| 1 Long, 3 Short | Conventional/Extended memory failure. |
| 1 Long, 8 Short | Display/Retrace test failed. |
Award BIOS beep codes
Award uses the least of any of the BIOS manufactures just two codes, they prefer to display a message on the screen state the error. The only time you will get any beeps is if the video cards fails or a RAM problem.
| Beep Code | Description |
| 1 Long, 2 Short | A video error has occurred and the Bios cannot initialise the video screen to display any additional information. |
| Any other beep(s) | RAM Problem. |
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