reseated the DIMMs, tried changing DIMMs to alternate slots, still beeps and no monitor display, or keyboard.
Comment by Guest, posted on Jun 12, 2008
when power ON the pc,a beep code appear,message show boot failed. I try to check bios setting,the pc it doesn't detect my SATA hard disk. what is the problem?
While web surfing my monitor went blank and my pc shutdown.
when i restarted it sound like it was starting started beeping, blank screen, and shut off in 5 secs. I disconnected hard drive beeping stopped it ran but monitor stayed blank
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Table 2. System Beep Codes Beep Code Possible Cause Corrective Action
1 Memory refresh failure Reseat the DIMMs.
2 Parity cannot be reset Reseat the DIMMs.
3 Memory failure within the first 64 KB of memory Reseat the DIMMs.
4 Timer not operational See Chapter 7, "Getting Help," of the Reference and Troubleshooting Guide for instructions on obtaining technical assistance.
5 Processor failure See Chapter 7, "Getting Help," of the Reference and Troubleshooting Guide for instructions on obtaining technical assistance.
6 8442 keyboard controller error See Chapter 7, "Getting Help," of the Reference and Troubleshooting Guide for instructions on obtaining technical assistance.
7 Processor exception error See Chapter 7, "Getting Help," of the Reference and Troubleshooting Guide for instructions on obtaining technical assistance.
8 Video display memory error See Chapter 7, "Getting Help," of the Reference and Troubleshooting Guide for instructions on obtaining technical assistance.
9 Optional ROM checksum error See Chapter 7, "Getting Help," of the Reference and Troubleshooting Guide for instructions on obtaining technical assistance.
10 CMOS memory error See Chapter 7, "Getting Help," of the Reference and Troubleshooting Guide for instructions on obtaining technical assistance.
11 BIOS checksum error See Chapter 7, "Getting Help," of the Reference and Troubleshooting Guide for instructions on obtaining technical assistance.
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