Ami Bios Beep Codes - American Megatrends Baby Voyager User Manual

Beep Codes
Errors may occur during POST (Power On Self Test), which is
performed every time the system is powered on. Fatal errors (listed
below) are usually communicated through a series of audible beeps. All
errors except Beep Code 8 are fatal errors. Fatal errors do not allow
the system to continue the boot process. Some errors appear on the
monitor and, in most cases, allow the system to continue the boot
process. They are described on page 36.
A M I B I O S B e e p C o d e s A M I B I O S B e e p C o d e s
Beep Code Error message
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
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) on the
motherboard has generated an error.
Gate A20 on the keyboard controller
(8042) contains the allows the CPU to
operate in protected mode. The BIOS is
not able to switch the CPU into protected
mode.
The CPU on the motherboard has
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 value does not
match the value encoded in the BIOS.
The shutdown register for CMOS RAM
has failed.
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