Two sources for beep code info.

http://www.spurdens.freeserve.co.uk/pc/postbeeps.htm
http://www.pchell.com/hardware/beepcodes.shtml

William Closure

----- Original Message -----
>
> Date:    Wed, 12 Nov 2003 20:16:14 -0500
> From:    Emie <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: BIOS Error Beep
>
> Not sure whether this is a Build or a Soft subject.  I apologize if I sent
> this to the wrong List.
>
> Please help.  Today my brain went south and my book and cheat sheets (on
> Error Beeps) went on vacation somewhere in the "Recycle Bin" next door.
> This is for the experts out there... a walk-in customer brought his WinXp
> Home Desktop system, 512 MB SDRAM, 40 Gig HD CD/CDR-W for the following
> complaints:  intermittent screen freezing, intermittent mouse cursor
> 'jumpy'
> then sticking til it freezes, keyboard unresponsive, then back to normal.
> The problem goes in a cycle.  Customer noticed when mouse cursor left idle
> on screen awhile, an hour-glass appears for a second and disappears,
> program
> appears jerky (on the screen) when mouse is acting up.
>
> When I hook up the CPU for a test,  a 3-long beep code was heard.  I
> cannot
> exactly remember if the error-beep was for a RAM failure or was it video
> card failure error?  (BIOS= AMI)  Can someone straighten me out on this
> question?  (I know AMI, Award, Phoenix, IBM, etc., all have different
> error
> beep indications.)  I apprciate the help guys!
>
> Emie DelRosario
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date:    Wed, 12 Nov 2003 14:24:25 -0500
> From:    Maureen Egan <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Hard drive, mother Board????
>
> Hi there!
> I have an HP pavilian 501n with an XP OS that went into a sleep mode and
> never came out!  Now, it goes on with a . ... .... ... beep pattern.  I've
> turned it off as well as holding the off/on button which turns it off and
> on again with no success.  Any other suggestions or ideas as to why this
> happened to begin with.  It's a relatively new system - 17 months old.
> Any help would be appreciated.  I'm a graduate student who definately
> needs this computer to function!
>
> Thanks.
> Maureen

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