Audible beep error indicators

IBM BIOS
Indicator Message
One Short Beep Normal POST system OK
POST error, see screen for error
Two Short Beeps
code
Power, Power Supply Loose Card or
No Beeps
Short
Power, Power Supply Loose Card or
Continuous Beep
Short
Power, Power Supply Loose Card or
Repeating Short Beep
Short
One Long and One Short Beep System Board
One Long and Two Short Beeps Video (Mono/CGA Display Circuitry)
One Long and Three Short Beeps Video (EGA) Display Circuitry
Three Long Beeps Keyboard Card Error
One Beep, Blank or Incorrect DisplayVideo Display Circuitry

AMI BIOS
Indicator Message
One Short Beep DRAM Refresh Failure
Two Short Beeps Parity Circuit Failure
Three Short Beeps Base 64k RAM Failure
Four Short Beeps System Timer Failure
Five Short Beeps Processor Failure
Six Short Beeps Keyboard Controller Error
Seven Short Beeps Virtual Mode Exception Error
Eight Short Beeps Display Memory Failure
Nine Short Beeps ROM BIOS Checksum Failure
One Long and Three Short Beeps Base/Extended Memory Failure
One Long and Eight Short Beeps Display/Retrace Test Failure

Award BIOS
Indicator Message
One Long and Two Short Beeps Video Error
Two Short Beeps Any Non-Fatal Error
One Short Beep No Error During POST

Award BIOS 286, 386, and 486

Indicator Message
One Long and Three Short Beeps Keyboard Controller Error

Phoenix BIOS
Indicator Message
One, One & Three Beeps Failure CMOS Read/Write
One, One & Four Beeps ROM BIOS Checksum Failure
One, Two & One Beep Programmable Interval Timer Failure
One, Two & Two Beeps DMA Initialization Failure
DMA Page Register Read/Write
One, Two & Three Beeps
Failure
 One, Three & One Beep RAM Refresh Verification Error
First 64K RAM Chip/Data Line
One, Three & Three Beeps
Failure
One, Four & Two Beeps Parity Failure First 64K RAM
One, Four & Three Beeps Fail-Safe Timer Feature (EISA Only)
Software NMI Port Failure (EISA
One, Four & Four Beeps
Only)
Two, One & One through
Two, One & Four;
Two, Two & One through
Two, Two & Four; First 64K RAM Chip/Data Line
Two, Three & One through Failure
Two, Three & Four;
Two, Four & One through
Two, Four & Four
Three, One & One Beep Slave DMA Register Test Failure
Three, One & Two Beeps Master DMA Register Test Failure
Master Interrupt Mask Register
Three, One & Three Beeps
Failure
Three, One & Four Beeps Slave Interrupt Mask Register Failure
Three, Two & Four Beeps Keyboard Controller Failure
Three, Three & Four Beeps Screen Memory Failure
Three, Four & Two Beeps Screen Retrace Failure
Four, Two & One Beep Timer Tick Failure
Four, Two & Two Beeps Shutdown Failure
Four, Two & Three Beeps Gate A20 Failure
Unexpected Interrupt in Protected
Four, Two & Four Beeps
Mode
RAM Test of Memory Above 64
Four, Three & One Beep
Failed
Programmable Interval Timer,
Four, Three & Two Beeps
Channel 2 Test Failure
Four, Three & Four Beeps Realtime Clock Test Failure
Four, Four & One Beep Serial Port Test Failure
Four, Four & Two Beeps Parallel Port Test Failure
Four, Four & Three Beeps Math Co-processor Test Failure
Note: The Phoenix BIOS beep codes are in a different format. They are three groups of beep counts.