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Award BIOS Beep Codes
Award BIOS uses beeps of varying duration. A long beep will typically last for 2 seconds while a short beep will last only 1 second. Award BIOS also uses beeps of different frequency to indicate critical errors. If an Award BIOS detects that the CPU is overheating it may play a high pitched repeating beep while the computer is running.
BEEP CODE-----------------MEANING--------------POSSIBLE CAUSE
1 Long, 2 Short-----------Video adapter failure----Bad video adapter
Repeating (Endless loop)---Memory error----------Bad memory or bad connection
1 Long, 3 Short-----------Video adapter failure----Bad video adapter or memory
High freq. beeps (while running)-CPU is overheating--CPU fan failure
Repeating High, Low beeps--CPU failure-------------Bad processor
If the beeps are varying in pitch it's a critical error. Possibly a CPU failure.
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