Posted: 12/23/2007 2:09:20 PM EDT
What does it mean if my AMD beeps non-stop after start up in short, wide-spread high pitch tones?
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It is not related to the CPU chip as much as it is to the BIOS. When the systems boots up you should see a display that identifies the BIOS for your computer. Once you find that, then then check this site for the POST error beep codes and what they mean: www.computerhope.com/beep.htm You can also just Google "error beep codes" and get a ton of info about your particular problem.... |
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the beeps are coming from your motherboard, their timing is dependent on the actual problem...could be video, BIOS, memory, HDD....many things possible. here's some for the newer Phoenix BIOS: 1-1-1-3 (02h): Verify real mode 1-1-2-1 (04h): Get CPU type 1-1-2-3 (06h): Initialize system hardware 1-1-3-1 (08h): Initialize chipset registers with initial POST values 1-1-3-2 (09h): Set in POST flag 1-1-3-3 (0Ah): Initialize CPU registers 1-1-4-1 (0Ch): Initialize cache to initial POST values 1-1-4-3 (0Eh): Initialize I/O 1-2-1-1 (10h): Initialize Power Management 1-2-1-2 (11h): Load alternate registers with initial POST values 1-2-1-3 (12h): Jump to UserPatch0 1-2-2-1 (14h): Initialize keyboard controller 1-2-2-3 (16h): BIOS ROM checksum 1-2-3-1 (18h): 8254 timer initialization 1-2-3-3 (1Ah): 8237 DMA controller initialization 1-2-4-1 (1Ch): Reset Programmable Interrupt Controller 1-3-1-1 (20h): Test DRAM refresh 1-3-1-3 (22h): Test 8742 Keyboard Controller 1-3-2-1 (24h): Set ES segment register to 4 GB 1-3-3-1 (28h): Autosize DRAM 1-3-3-3 (2Ah): Clear 512K base RAM 1-3-4-1 (2Ch): Test 512 base address lines 1-3-4-3 (2Eh): Test 512K base memory 1-4-1-3 (32h): Test CPU bus-clock frequency 1-4-2-1 (34h): CMOS RAM read/write failure 1-4-2-4 (37h): Reinitialize the chipset 1-4-3-1 (38h): Shadow system BIOS ROM 1-4-3-2 (39h): Reinitialize the cache 1-4-3-3 (3Ah): Autosize cache 1-4-4-1 (3Ch): Configure advanced chipset registers 1-4-4-2 (3Dh): Load alternate registers with CMOS values 2-1-1-1 (40h): Set Initial CPU speed 2-1-1-3 (42h): Initialize interrupt vectors 2-1-2-1 (44h): Initialize BIOS interrupts 2-1-2-3 (46h): Check ROM copyright notice 2-1-2-4 (47h): Initialize manager for PCI Options ROMs 2-1-3-1 (48h): Check video configuration against CMOS 2-1-3-2 (49h): Initialize PCI bus and devices 2-1-3-3 (4Ah): Initialize all video adapters in system 2-1-4-1 (4Ch): Shadow video BIOS ROM 2-1-4-3 (4Eh): Display copyright notice 2-2-1-1 (50h): Display CPU type and speed 2-2-1-3 (52h): Test keyboard 2-2-2-1 (54h): Set key click if enabled 2-2-2-3 (56h): Enable keyboard 2-2-3-1 (58h): Test for unexpected interrupts 2-2-3-3 (5Ah): Display prompt "Press F2 to enter SETUP" 2-2-4-1 (5Ch): Test RAM between 512 and 640k 2-3-1-1 (60h): Test expanded memory 2-3-1-3 (62h): Test extended memory address lines 2-3-2-1 (64h): Jump to UserPatch1 2-3-2-3 (66h): Configure advanced cache registers 2-3-3-1 (68h): Enable external and CPU caches 2-3-3-2 (69h): Initialize SMI handler 2-3-3-3 (6Ah): Display external cache size 2-3-4-1 (6Ch): Display shadow message 2-3-4-3 (6Eh): Display non-disposable segments 2-4-1-1 (70h): Display error messages 2-4-1-3 (72h): Check for configuration errors 2-4-2-1 (74h): Test real-time clock 2-4-2-3 (76h): Check for keyboard errors 2-4-4-1 (7Ch): Set up hardware interrupts vectors 2-4-4-3 (7Eh): Test coprocessor if present 3-1-1-1 (80h): Disable onboard I/O ports 3-1-1-3 (82h): Detect and install external RS232 ports 3-1-2-1 (84h): Detect and install external parallel ports 3-1-2-3 (86h): Re-initialize onboard I/O ports 3-1-3-1 (88h): Initialize BIOS data area 3-1-3-3 (8Ah): Initialize extended BIOS data area 3-1-4-1 (8Ch): Initialize floppy controller 3-2-1-1 (90h): Initialize hard-disk controller 3-2-1-2 (91h): Initialize local-bus hard-disk controller 3-2-1-3 (92h): Jump to UserPatch2 3-2-2-1 (94h): Disable A20 address line 3-2-2-3 (96h): Clear huge ES segment register 3-2-3-1 (98h): Search for option ROMs 3-2-3-3 (9Ah): Shadow option ROMs 3-2-4-1 (9Ch): Set up Power Management 3-2-4-3 (9Eh): Enable hardware interrupts 3-3-1-1 (A0h): Set time of day 3-3-1-3 (A2h): Check key lock 3-3-3-1 (A8h): Erase F2 prompt 3-3-3-3 (AAh): Scan for F2 key stroke 3-3-4-1 (ACh): Enter SETUP 3-3-4-3 (AEh): Clear in-POST flag 3-4-1-1 (B0h): Check for errors 3-4-1-3 (B2h): POST done--prepare to boot operating system 3-4-2-1 (B4h): One beep 3-4-2-3 (B6h): Check password (optional) 3-4-3-1 (B8h): Clear global descriptor table 3-4-4-1 (BCh): Clear parity checkers 3-4-4-3 (BEh): Clear screen (optional) 3-4-4-4 (BFh): Check virus and backup reminders 4-1-1-1 (C0h): Try to boot with INT 19 4-2-1-1 (D0h): Interrupt handler error 4-2-1-3 (D2h): Unknown interrupt error 4-2-2-1 (D4h): Pending interrupt error 4-2-2-3 (D6h): Initialize option ROM error 4-2-3-1 (D8h): Shutdown error 4-2-3-3 (DAh): Extended Block Move 4-2-4-1 (DCh): Shutdown error 4-2-4-3 (DEh): Keyboard Controller Failure 4-3-1-3 (E2h): Initialize the chipset 4-3-1-4 (E3h): Initialize refresh counter 4-3-2-1 (E4h): Check for Forced Flash 4-3-2-2 (E5h): Check HW status of ROM 4-3-2-3 (E6h): BIOS ROM is OK 4-3-2-4 (E7h): Do a complete RAM test 4-3-3-1 (E8h): Do OEM initialization 4-3-3-2 (E9h): Initialize interrupt controller 4-3-3-3 (EAh): Read in bootstrap code 4-3-3-4 (EBh): Initialize all vectors 4-3-4-1 (ECh): Boot the Flash program 4-3-4-2 (EDh): Initialize the boot device 4-3-4-3 (EEh): Boot code was read OK |