Depending on your BIOS, go here
http://www.beemerworld.com/tips/beepcodes.htm

Check the keyboard

Dave Jones
http://www.vdoguy.com

Camel: A horse designed by committee


----- Original Message -----
From: "Lynn Tracy" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 8:47 AM
Subject: [PCBUILD] Unknown P.O.S.T. beep code???


> Hi all,
>
> Hope someone here knows what this is....
>
> I've been scouring the 'net but come up empty-handed.
>
> It's:
>
> 1 - long, followed by 3 short, beeps. I still get the regular, single POST
beep just before my splash screen starts.
>
> I even listened over & over to be sure it wasn't 1-2-1..... it's
definitely 1 long, 3 short.
>
> It's the Dell Dim. XPS-T 450. I now have a Powerleap Celeron 1.3Ghz in it
as well as a Promise controller for my 100GB HD. Have a DVD & CD-burner,
too. Original Voodoo3 (I have a Geforce 3 to go in but don't want to add to
the stew).  Board is Intel (440BX), BIOS is Phoenix 4.0-6.  I'm flashed to
the last BIOS available from Dell, A11.
>
> I've reseated the memory & video card. Tried it with Sandra, Hot CPU Test
Lite (6 hour test/burn-in/"defect-detect"), PCPitstop-- all say there's
nothing wrong. What is going on here?  It's disturbing because I can't find
this code & worry about my data either being corrupted at some point or the
whole deal possibly going down- what is this code???
>
> Hope someone here from PCBuilders can help- or another person who's been
through this?
>
> Thank you for your time & interest,
>
> Lynn Tracy
>
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