AMI BIOS Beep Codes


1 short beep - DRAM refresh failure
2 short beeps - Parity circuit failure
3 short beeps - Base 64K RAM failure
4 short beeps - System timer failure
5 short beeps - Process failure
6 short beeps - Keyboard controller Gate A20 error
7 short beeps - Virtual mode exception error
8 short beeps - Display memory Read/Write test failure
9 short beeps - ROM BIOS checksum failure
10 short beeps - CMOS shutdown Read/Write error
11 short beeps - Cache Memory error
1 long, 3 short beeps - Conventional/Extended memory failure
1 long, 8 short beeps - Display/Retrace test failed


Award BIOS Beep Codes

1 long, 2 short beeps - Indicates a video error has occurred and the BIOS cannot
initialize the video screen to display any additional information
Any other beep(s) RAM problem.

Because of the wide variety of different computer manufacturers with this BIOS the beep codes may vary.