Beep Codes - American Megatrends Super Voyager LC User Manual

Beep Codes

Fatal errors, listed below, are communicated through a series of
audible beeps. All errors except Beep Code 8 are fatal. Fatal errors
halt the boot process. In most cases, displayed errors allow the
system to continue. AMIBIOS displayed errors are described on
page 35.
Beep Error message
Code
1 beep Refresh Failure
2 beeps Parity Error
3 beeps Base 64 KB Memory
Failure
4 beeps Timer Not Operational
5 beeps Processor error
6 beeps 8042 - Gate A20
Failure
7 beeps Processor Exception
Interrupt Error
8 beeps Display Memory
Read/Write Error
9 beeps ROM Checksum Error
10 beeps CMOS Shutdown
Register Read/Write
Error
11 beeps Cache memory bad —
do not enable cache
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Description
The memory refresh circuitry on the
motherboard is faulty.
A parity error was detected in the
base memory (the first 64 KB block)
of memory.
Memory failure in first 64 KB.
A memory failure occurred within the
first 64 KB of memory. Or Timer 1 on
the motherboard is not functioning.
The CPU (Central Processing Unit)
has generated an error.
Gate A20 on the keyboard controller
(8042) allows the CPU to operate in
protected mode. AMIBIOS is not
able to switch the CPU to protected
mode.
The CPU generated an exception
interrupt.
The system video adapter is either
missing or its memory is faulty. This
is not a fatal error.
The ROM checksum does not match
the value encoded in AMIBIOS.
The shutdown register for CMOS
RAM has failed.
The cache memory test failed.
Cache memory is disabled.
Chapter 3 - BIOS POST