BEEP CODES
Original IBM POST beep codes
Beeps
Meaning
1 short beep
Normal POST system is OK
2 short beeps
POST error error code shown on screen
No beep
Power supply, system board problem, disconnected CPU, or
disconnected speaker
Continuous beep
Power supply, system board, or may be RAM problem,
keyboard problem
Repeating short
beeps
Power supply or system board problem or keyboard
1 long, 1 short
beep
System board problem
1 long, 2 short
beeps
Display adapter problem (MDA, CGA)
1 long, 3 short
beeps
Enhanced Graphics Adapter (EGA)
3 long beeps
3270 keyboard card
POST AMI BIOS beep codes
Meaning
Beeps
1
Memory refresh timer error
Parity error in base memory (first 64 KiB block)
Base memory read/write test error
Motherboard timer not operational (check all PSU to MB connectors
seated)
Processor failure
8042 Gate A20 test error (cannot switch to protected mode)
General exception error (processor exception interrupt error)
Display memory error (system video adapter)
AMI BIOS ROM checksum fix
10
CMOS shutdown register read/write fix
11
Cache memory test failed
12
Motherboard does not detect a RAM module (continuous beeping)
POST beep codes on CompTIA A+ certification exam
Beeps
Meaning
Steady, short
beeps
Power supply may be bad
Long continuous
Memory failure
beep tone
Steady, long
beeps
Power supply bad
No beep
Power supply bad, system not plugged in, or power not turned
on
No beep
If everything seems to be functioning correctly there may be a
problem with the 'beeper' itself. The system will normally beep
one short beep.
One long, two
short beeps
Video card failure
IBM POST diagnostic code descriptions
Code
Meaning
100199
System boards
200299
Memory
300399
Keyboard
400499
Monochrome display
500599
Color/graphics display
600699
Floppy-disk drive or adapter
700799
Math coprocessor
900999
Parallel printer port
10001099 Alternate printer adapter
11001299 Asynchronous communication device, adapter, or port
13001399 Game port
14001499 Color/graphics printer
15001599 Synchronous communication device, adapter, or port
17001799 Hard drive or adapter (or both)
18001899 Expansion unit (XT)
20002199
Bisynchronous communication adapter
24002599
EGA system-board video (MCA)
30003199
LAN adapter
48004999
Internal modem
70007099
Phoenix BIOS chips
73007399
3.5-inch disk drive
89008999
MIDI adapter
1120011299 SCSI adapter
2100021099 SCSI fixed disk and controller
2150021599 SCSI CD-ROM system
New World Macs (19981999)
Beeps
Meaning
No RAM installed/detected
Incompatible RAM type installed (for example, EDO)
No RAM banks passed memory testing
Bad checksum for the remainder of the boot ROM
Bad checksum for the ROM boot block
New World Macs (1999 onward) and Intel-based Macs
The beep codes were revised in October 1999,[4] and have been the same since.
In addition, on some models, the power LED would flash in cadence.
Beeps
Meaning
No RAM installed/detected
Incompatible RAM types
No good banks
No good boot images in the boot ROM, or bad sys config block, or both
Processor is not usable
Amiga POST
POST sequence of Amiga
The Amiga system performs the following tests at boot:
Step 1 - Delays beginning the tests a fraction of a second to allow the
hardware to stabilize.
Step 2 - Jumps to ROM code in diagnostic card (if found)
Step 3 - Disables and clears all DMA and interrupts.
Step 4 - Turns on the screen.
Step 5 - Checks the general hardware configuration.
If the screen remains a light gray colors and the tests continue, the hardware is
OK. If an error occurs, the system halts.
Step 6 - Performs checksum test on ROMs.
If the system fails the ROM test, the screen display turns red and the system
halts.
Sequence for all main Amiga models
Color screens scheme
Color
Meaning
Red
Bad ROM
Yellow
CPU Exception Before Bootstrap Code is Loaded
Green
Bad Chip RAM or fail of Agnus Chip (check seating of Agnus)
Black
No CPU
White
Expansion passed test successfully
Grey
Turn on
Constant white Failure of CPU
Return from InitCode()[5]
Violet
Sequence for A4000
Correct tests color sequence scheme
A4000 presents just a light gray screen during its boot time (it just occurs in 2 or
max 3 seconds)
Light Gray
= Initial hardware configuration tests passed
= Initial system software tests passed
= Final initialization test passed
Failed tests color scheme
Color
Red
Meaning
ROM Error - Reset or replace
Green CHIP RAM error (reset AGNUS and re-test)
Blue
Custom Chip(s) Error
Yellow 68000 detected error before software trapped it (GURU)
Amiga keyboard LED error signals
The keyboards of historical Amiga models are not proprietary as it happened in
early computer ages, but more pragmatically it was based on international
standard ANSI/ISO 8859-1. The keyboard itself was an intelligent device and had
its own processor and 4 kilobytes of RAM for keeping a buffer of the sequence of
keys that were being pressed, thus can communicate with the user if a fault is
found by flashing its main LED in sequence:
Blinks
Meaning
ROM checksum failure
RAM test failed
Watchdog timer failed
A shortcut exists between two row lines or one of the seven special keys
(not implemented)
![Violet
Return from InitCode()[5]
Sequence for A4000
Correct tests color sequence scheme
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