seeker
01-20-06, 05:45 PM
At first, I didn't think too much about it, but the new Asus A8V motherboard that I installed has been beeping on startup. I wasn't real certain just how to count the beeps, because the last in the sequence was always a higher pitch and shorter duration than the others. I had other questions about the board, so I sent an email to Asus, and in the portion regarding the beep codes, they gave me a link to reference:
http://www.bioscentral.com/beepcodes/amibeep.htm
In the reply, they said that the sequence that I gave them sounded like a problem with the video card, however none of the codes close to mine, say anything about that. At first the high pitch end beep seemed a distinct separate tone, but now it seems to have merged into the other, more like an echo, therefore I tend to not count it. What started as 2 short beeps, now seems to be one. I made no changes in the hardware or even reseated anything while the beeps changed, so I'm even more confused. At some other website, it said that it was normal for there to be no beep at all, with the AMI BIOS, yet listed one beep as normal anyway. But this website mentions RAM problems. The ram worked fine on the board that I just replaced, so I do not believe there is any defect.
The error codes in question, says that for 1 beep, that the programmable interrupt controller has failed and for 2 beeps that the RAM IC is bad. I'm not certain if this refers to a stick of RAM or the RAM circuit on the board. Anyway, I'm just trying to get my ducks in a row, before replying to Asus. Any insights would help immensely.
http://www.bioscentral.com/beepcodes/amibeep.htm
In the reply, they said that the sequence that I gave them sounded like a problem with the video card, however none of the codes close to mine, say anything about that. At first the high pitch end beep seemed a distinct separate tone, but now it seems to have merged into the other, more like an echo, therefore I tend to not count it. What started as 2 short beeps, now seems to be one. I made no changes in the hardware or even reseated anything while the beeps changed, so I'm even more confused. At some other website, it said that it was normal for there to be no beep at all, with the AMI BIOS, yet listed one beep as normal anyway. But this website mentions RAM problems. The ram worked fine on the board that I just replaced, so I do not believe there is any defect.
The error codes in question, says that for 1 beep, that the programmable interrupt controller has failed and for 2 beeps that the RAM IC is bad. I'm not certain if this refers to a stick of RAM or the RAM circuit on the board. Anyway, I'm just trying to get my ducks in a row, before replying to Asus. Any insights would help immensely.