Beep Symptoms (6565/6868/6878)

Beep Symptoms (6565/6868/6878)

Beep symptoms are short tones or a series of short tones separated by pauses (intervals without sound). See the following examples:

Beeps	Description
1-2-X	- One Beep
	- A pause (or break)
	- Two beeps
	- A pause (or break)
	- Any number of beeps
4	Four continuous beeps

Beep Symptom	FRU/Action
1-1-3	1. Run Setup
CMOS read/write error	2. System Board
1-1-4	1. System Board
ROM BIOS check error
1-2-X	1. System Board
DMA error
1-3-X	1. Memory Module
	2. System Board
1-4-4	1. Keyboard
	2. System Board
1-4-X	1. Memory Module
Error in first 64 KB of RAM.	2. System Board
2-1-1, 2-1-2	1. Run Setup
	2. System Board
2-1-X	1. Memory Module
	First 64 KB of RAM failed.
	2. System Board
2-2-2	1. Video Adapter (if installed)
	2. System Board
2-2-X	1. Memory Module
First 64 KB of RAM failed.	2. System Board
2-3-X	1. Memory Module
	2. System Board
2-4-X	1. Run Setup
	2. Memory Module
	3. System Board
3-1-X	1. System Board
DMA register failed.
3-2-4	1. System Board
Keyboard controller failed.	2. Keyboard
3-3-4	1. Video Adapter (if installed)
Screen initialization failed.	2. System Board
	3. Display
3-4-1	1. Video Adapter (if installed)
Screen retrace test detected an error.	2. System Board
	3. Display
3-4-2	1. Video Adapter (if installed)
POST is searching for video ROM.	2. System Board
4	1. Video Adapter (if installed)
	2. System Board
All other beep code sequences.	1. System Board
One long and one short	1. Memory Module
beep during POST.	2. System Board
Base 640 KB memory error
or shadow RAM error.
One long beep and two or	1. Video Adapter (if installed)
three short beeps during	2. System Board
POST. (Video error)
Three short beeps during POST.	1. See System Board Memory 6565, 6868/6878
	2. System Board
Continuous beep.	1. System Board
Repeating short beeps.	1. Keyboard stuck key
	2. Keyboard Cable
	3. System Board