How to Troubleshoot Beeping Codes
If you are experiencing the beep sounds on startup of your computer , there's nothing wrong with your hearing your pc is actually making that sounds . These beep sounds are called beeps codes . These beep codes are used by BIOS during post(initial test to insure your computer works ok) to report any problem or initial system errors .
If you're hearing beep codes when you turn your computer on, it typically means that the motherboard has encountered some sort of problem before it was able to send any kind of error information on the monitor. The beeping, then, is a way to communicate a problem to you when the computer can't show a proper error on the screen.
Troubleshooting beep codes.
To determine what issue is you computer facing will help you a lot in solving the issue . Foowung is the step to step guide to diagnose your computer .
1.Power on the computer, or restart it if it's already on.
2.Listen very carefully to the beep codes that sound when the computer begins to boot.
3.Restart your computer if you need to hear the beeping again. You're probably not going to get what problem you have without restarting a few times.
4.Write down, in whatever way makes sense to you, how the beeps sound. if the beeping repeats or not. There is a big difference between a "beep-beep-beep" beep code and a "beep-beep" beep code.
This might seems a little awkward but this is important step to gather information that will help you in determining what issue the beep codes are representing. If you hear it without attention you might get it wrong and your attempt to solve problem will be in vail .As you might do safety solving measure for the problem which is not present in your computer.
5.Next you'll need to check out which company manufactured the BIOS chip that's on your computer's motherboard. Hell it is , the computer industry never agreed on a uniform way to communicate with beeps so it's important to get this right.
In some cases computer maker is not the same as the BIOS maker and motherboard maker is not must to be the same as the BIOS maker so don't think you already know the right answer to this question.
Now when you get to know about your BIOS maker look for the following :
AMI Beep Code Troubleshooting (AMIBIOS)
Award Beep Code Troubleshooting (AwardBIOS)
Phoenix Beep Code Troubleshooting (PhoenixBIOS)
Using the beep code information specific to those BIOS makers in those articles, you'll be able to get to know exactly what is wrong that is causing the beeping, whether it is a RAM issue,or a video card problem, or some other hardware problem.
Don't forget to send your feedback.
If you are experiencing the beep sounds on startup of your computer , there's nothing wrong with your hearing your pc is actually making that sounds . These beep sounds are called beeps codes . These beep codes are used by BIOS during post(initial test to insure your computer works ok) to report any problem or initial system errors .
If you're hearing beep codes when you turn your computer on, it typically means that the motherboard has encountered some sort of problem before it was able to send any kind of error information on the monitor. The beeping, then, is a way to communicate a problem to you when the computer can't show a proper error on the screen.
Troubleshooting beep codes.
To determine what issue is you computer facing will help you a lot in solving the issue . Foowung is the step to step guide to diagnose your computer .
1.Power on the computer, or restart it if it's already on.
2.Listen very carefully to the beep codes that sound when the computer begins to boot.
3.Restart your computer if you need to hear the beeping again. You're probably not going to get what problem you have without restarting a few times.
4.Write down, in whatever way makes sense to you, how the beeps sound. if the beeping repeats or not. There is a big difference between a "beep-beep-beep" beep code and a "beep-beep" beep code.
This might seems a little awkward but this is important step to gather information that will help you in determining what issue the beep codes are representing. If you hear it without attention you might get it wrong and your attempt to solve problem will be in vail .As you might do safety solving measure for the problem which is not present in your computer.
5.Next you'll need to check out which company manufactured the BIOS chip that's on your computer's motherboard. Hell it is , the computer industry never agreed on a uniform way to communicate with beeps so it's important to get this right.
In some cases computer maker is not the same as the BIOS maker and motherboard maker is not must to be the same as the BIOS maker so don't think you already know the right answer to this question.
Now when you get to know about your BIOS maker look for the following :
AMI Beep Code Troubleshooting (AMIBIOS)
Award Beep Code Troubleshooting (AwardBIOS)
Phoenix Beep Code Troubleshooting (PhoenixBIOS)
Using the beep code information specific to those BIOS makers in those articles, you'll be able to get to know exactly what is wrong that is causing the beeping, whether it is a RAM issue,or a video card problem, or some other hardware problem.
Don't forget to send your feedback.
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