Bios Beeps

I just purchased the 865PE NEO2-FIS2R. When I attempt to boot up the mobo I get two quick beeps, followed by a pause, then followed by 8 beeps.
Now I was able to find out that 8 beeps means video card issues (I'm using a geforce2 ultra). What I'm trying to find out is whether or not I need to count those first 2 beeps or just the 8 beeps following it. If its 10 beeps then my mobo is screwed:/

How long is the pause after the 2 beeps before the 8 beeps?

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Info on Bios beep codes..sticky maybe

AMI Beep Codes
Except for beep code #8, these codes are always fatal.
1 beep Refresh failure
- try reseating the memory, if the error still occurs, replace the memory
2 beeps Parity error
- try reseating the memory, if the error still occurs, replace the memory
3 beeps Base 64K memory failure
- try reseating the memory, if the error still occurs, replace the memory
4 beeps Timer not operational, system board bad
5 beeps Processor error, system board bad
6 beeps 8042 - gate A20 failure, try reseating the keyboard controller chip
7 beeps Processor exception interrupt error, system board bad
8 beeps Display memory video card read/write failure error, replace video memory or
video card
9 beeps ROM checksum error, faulty BIOS chip(s), must replace them
10 beeps CMOS shutdown register read/write error, system board bad
11 beeps Cache memory bad
Award BIOS Beep codes
One Long and Two Short Beeps Video Error
Two Short Beeps Any Non-Fatal Error
One Short Beep No Error During Post
Phoenix BIOS Beep codes
These codes are presented in sets of beeps, for instance 1-2-2-3 means one beep
followed by 2 beeps then 2 more beeps then 3 beeps
* 1-2-2-3 BIOS ROM checksum
* 1-3-1-1 Test DRAM refresh
* 1-3-1-3 Test 8742 Keyboard Controller
* 1-3-4-1 RAM failure on address line xxxx
* 1-3-4-3 RAM failure on data bits xxx of low byte of memory
* 1-4-1-1 RAM failure on data bits xxxx of high byte of memory bus
* 2-1-2-3 Check ROM copyright notice
* 2-1-3-1 Test for unexpected interrupts
* 1-2 .......Search for option ROMs
* 1 ...........One short beep before boot, normal

http://bioscentral.com/beepcodes/awardbeep.htm
has a bit more re award ones

Ps67a-gd55 b3 bios beeps

when i start my pc i get 1 long and 3 short beeps its done this from new, now according to ami site it says 1long and 2 short ok anything more more than the 2 beeps is related to memory AND thats where i am having issues with trying to install 16gig of corsair xms3.i am am giong to reinstall win7 64 bit onto a hard drive and not my crucial 128gig m4 ssd just incase thats the bottlneck,if i put8 gig of mem in all is ok but any more than that and i get freezes and have to reboot.so before i reinstall does anyone know the bios beep codes or point me in the right direction ..i must applogise now to jack as ive commited the sin of multi threading its not intentional (thought iwas on original thread)

Your system does not use standard AMI BIOS Releases, but AMI Aptio coded UEFI Implementation. The beep codes you found for AMI BIOS have no meaning in your case. As long as the system boots fine and does not completely halt with the mentioned beep code, there is absolutely no problem to worry about. What you have there are most likely status beeps (one for each connected & active USB device).

FM2-A75MA-P33 - no video/post/bios/beeps.

Hi everyone,
I built a PC with these parts:
APU: AMD A-Series A6-6400K X2 SFM2
Motherboard: FM2-A75MA-P33
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The BIOS displays the CPU name properly, even with the Radeon xxxxHD in the name, but when I go to the Integrated Graphics Devices Configuration in the BIOS, the only option there is Initiate Graphic Adapter set to PEG and it's grayed out, can't change it.
Not sure if it is relevant, but when removing the RAM it does not beep, neither with or without the external GPU.
Also I have noticed, that without RAM, when the fans speed up and then slow down, the power button has to be long pressed to turn off the PC. But when having the RAM and GPU, when it goes through the boots and sees that there is no OS, it displays a message and can be turned off by a short press on the power button. Same thing happens without the external GPU, but there is no video output, so I assume it does go through the boot process.
I've tried both the VGA and the DVI port, with cables and a monitor that works on another PC, I've also tried to clear the CMOS and flashed bios back to V11.1 (the one the motherboard came with).
I saw somewhere mentioned that the Initiate Graphic Adapter option can get disabled do to overclocking or some other BIOS settings (I have the default settings though). Is there anything I can try changing to enable it?
I am also thinking of installing on OS with the external GPU in it, and then maybe the video will output after it successfully boots.
I guess I could also try reseating the APU, but not sure if that would help.
Thank you in advance!

Quote from: Svet on 16-August-13, 15:47:18
what external VGA you use?
can you boot when using onboard one ?
do you see anything on the screen?
is there any beeps?
The external GPU I use is Asus GT 620.
I am not sure if I can boot with the onboard one, as nothing is displayed on the screen when using the onboard one. It might go through the boot process and stop when detecting that there is no OS installed yet. I'll try to see if it boots to LiveCD when I get home or install an OS using the external GPU.
When using the onboard GPU, I do not see anything on the screen.
There are no beeps.

P35 platinum bios beeps

odd one this as from new i had no bios beeps at all from bios 1.1 to 1.5 now updated to 1.6 i suddenly get 1 beep then pause then beep beep and all boots up with no red lights at all system runs fine ..only other thing ive change is my psu from a bog standard 550w to a hiper type r 580w with 2 12v rails outputs.....anybody had this problem

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I had some issues with lockups and random reboots after 7-8 months of flawless operation this past week. Since then I have reformatted the ssd and re-installed win 7 64.
While troubleshooting the issue I installed the latest bios 1.G0(which normally I would not touch if everything was working fine.
When I reboot the system I get the following beeps( I am aware that there is a POST beep in here).
1 long beep - 2 beeps(rapidly) then 3beeps (rapidly)
I have been searching the web all day and have found a few posts in various forums about bios beeps and haven't really gotten a good explanation yet. Any ideas?
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I ran the memtest in my bios, all ok
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Quote from: HU16E on 02-January-12, 09:48:03
At what point do the lockups & reboots take place? POST or when in the OS? After the flash, did you do a recommended power cord removed, battery removed, CMOS clear & reset?
Final release 1H is the latest UEFI/BIOS.
Yes, I am sorry I have removed the battery for a few minutes and cleared CMOS. I had thought about reflashing the bios 1.G0 to the 1H but according to the fix in 1H I didn't think it would help much.
The reboots/lockups are not happening now. Infact everything seems to be running fine. As I reload programs back on and games. But all this started a week to ten days ago and it would happen in windows and during rebooting just after POST, then for a millisecond a BSOD and return me to the Windows failed to load page. The BSOD happens so quickly that I cannot get the error code from it.
As I said everything seems to be running fine now. But I am still uneasy as i abotu thinking about selling this pc off and don't wanna sell someone a lemon.

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I just installed this board into the system. It is unable to boot and gives me 1 beep, sometimes 2 beeps.
I changed memory from a good system and still no results.
I also have this same board and processor and swapped memory from this system to verify if memory was at fault. Memory from bad system shows up good at running system.
any ideas, besides RMA.

Ok, here are my specs
I running a Intel E3300 processor with a MSI G31TM - P21 motherboard with AMI v4.6 bios. I have only one stick of Micron 1 gb pc2-5300 ram installed in slot one. Currently running onboard video. I attempted to run this new setup with a preinstalled 32 bit Vista OS HD(sata, 160 gb). I removed all peripherals with the exception of the USB keyboard/mouse (wireless). No add on cards.
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I have this same setup (upgrade) that I did about 1 month ago on another system. This "older" system is working fine.
I swapped memory from the "older" system since my research tells me that two beeps is a parity issue. Known good memory from the "older" system resulted in no new results. Both set of windows (XP and Vista) attempted to "fix" my problem but were unable to.
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Ok the three short high pitched beeps before the single low pitch beep appear to be the USB peripherals.
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Sorry about that.
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Hi raw2000j,
Why do you want to change to Legacy mode?
Tap the ESC key after powering up the PC and then go to computer setup (f10). Now go to the Security topics and select Security Boot Configuration and disable secure boot and finally enable legacy mode. See the below example:
I see that there is bios update posted for your PC. You might want to consider applying the bios update before making any bios changes. Check with HP Support to make sure that the bios update is compatible with your particular model since it appears to be posted for a Compaq PC.
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Although everything seems to be running fine and windows boots without any problems, I have noticed the occurrence of 1 beep at the mobo bios boot since installing this card. Which according the the manufacturer indicates a "BIOS ROM checksum failure - Possible MB failure". I already checked whether it could be caused by the Card being loosely fitted in the PCI slot by removing and reinserting it to no avail. The card came with the latest graphic card bios installed. I also checked my CMos settings and could find nothing wrong with it unless I'm missing something.
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Bloomfield 45nm Technology
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931GB Hitachi HDE721010SLA330 (SATA)   32 °C
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Hi,
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