Phoenix BIOS Beep Codes

Bios-codes

A list of different kinds Phoenix BIOS beep codes with the meanings of the beep to resolve the problem:

BEEP CODE	MEANING	POSSIBLE CAUSE
1 - 1 - 2	CPU / motherboard failure	Bad CPU / motherboard
1 - 1 - 3	CMOS read/write failure	Bad motherboard
1 - 1 - 4	BIOS ROM failure	Bad BIOS chip
1 - 2 - 1	Timer failure	Bad motherboard
1 - 2 - 2	DMA failure	Bad motherboard
1 - 2 - 3	DMA failure	Bad motherboard
1 - 3 - 1	Memory refresh failure	Bad memory
1 - 3 - 2	64K memory failure	Bad memory
1 - 3 - 3	64K memory failure	Bad memory
1 - 3 - 4	64K memory failure	Bad memory
1 - 4 - 1	Address line failure	Bad memory
1 - 4 - 2	Parity error	Bad memory
1 - 4 - 3	Timer failure	Bad motherboard
1 - 4 - 4	NMI port failure	Bad motherboard
2 - 1 - 1	64K memory failure	Bad memory
2 - 1 - 2	64K memory failure	Bad memory
2 - 1 - 3	64K memory failure	Bad memory
2 - 1 - 4	64K memory failure	Bad memory
2 - 2 - 1	64K memory failure	Bad memory
2 - 2 - 2	64K memory failure	Bad memory
2 - 2 - 3	64K memory failure	Bad memory
2 - 2 - 4	64K memory failure	Bad memory
2 - 3 - 1	64K memory failure	Bad memory
2 - 3 - 2	64K memory failure	Bad memory
2 - 3 - 3	64K memory failure	Bad memory
2 - 3 - 4	64K memory failure	Bad memory
2 - 4 - 1	64K memory failure	Bad memory
2 - 4 - 2	64K memory failure	Bad memory
2 - 4 - 4	64K memory failure	Bad memory
2 - 4 - 4	64K memory failure	Bad memory
3 - 1 - 1	Slave DMA failure	Bad motherboard
3 - 1 - 2	Master DMA failure	Bad motherboard
3 - 1 - 3	Interrupt controller failure	Bad motherboard
3 - 1 -4	Slave IC failure	Bad motherboard
3 - 2 -2	Interrupt Controller failure	Bad motherboard
3 - 2 - 3	<RESERVED>
3 - 2 - 4	Keyboard control failure	Bad motherboard
3 - 3 - 1	CMOS batter failure	Bad CMOS battery
3 - 3 - 2	CMOS configuration error	Incorrect setting
3 - 3 - 3	<RESERVED>
3 - 3 - 4	Video memory failure	Bad video card or memory
3 - 4 - 1	Video init failure	Bad video card or memory
4 - 2 - 1	Timer failure	Bad motherboard
4 - 2 - 2	CMOS shutdown failure	Bad motherboard
4 - 2 - 3	Gate A20 failure	Bad motherboard
4 - 2 - 4	Unexpected interrupt	Bad processor
4 - 3 - 1	RAM test failure	Bad memory
4 - 3 - 3	Timer failure	Bad motherboard
4 - 3 - 4	RTC failure	Bad motherboard
4 - 4 - 1	Serial port failure	Bad motherboard
4 - 4 - 2	Parallel port failure	Bad motherboard
4 - 4 - 3	Coprocessor failure	Bad motherboard or CPU.
9 - 2 - 1	Video adapter incompatibility	Use a different brand of video card