My *beepin* 486 (was Re: tlug: The meeting...)

[Sean Bennett <sean@example.com>]

Thanks guys;

The box is at home, but I'm *quite sure* :-) the pattern is a single beep,
followed buy two sets of 3 beeps  (1-3-3) I'll confirm when  I get home.

The m/b is a Micron TS00825 - M4PI PS/2;  I'm not sure of the bios version.  There
is a video card installed, but *no* floppy or cdrom, if that could be a cause.

Sean.

Scott Stone wrote:

> On Mon, 12 Oct 1998, J. Sean Bennett wrote:
>
> How many beeps?
>
> Usually any memory that will work in a pentium will work in a 486 -
> although 70ns is pretty slow by anyone's standards these days.  If there's
> no video card, though, you'll get two beeps, a pause, and then three more
> (on many motherboards).  Usually if it's a RAM problem it makes long slow
> beeps...

Jonathan Byrne wrote:

>  It's possible your 486
> board doesn't support EDO.  If so, that could be a problem.
>
> Those beeps it's making do mean something, so if you have or can get
> documentation on the motherboard, that may help you with troubleshooting,
> too.  If you don't, tell me what BIOS you have and what the pattern of beeps
> is.  I have a book with charts of the meanings of beep codes, [...] I'll look in
> my charts and see if I can find something to match.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Jonathan
>

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