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From: rcollins@altos86.Altos.COM (Robert Collins)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: 386 trouble.. Help Help !!!
Keywords: 386,pc,ibm,trouble,ami
Message-ID: <4043@altos86.Altos.COM>
Date: 11 Sep 90 16:05:38 GMT
References: <2208@gmuvax2.gmu.edu> <1990Sep10.201004.22760@mozart.amd.com>
Reply-To: rcollins@altos86.UUCP (Robert Collins)
Organization: Altos Computer Systems, San Jose, CA
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In article <1990Sep10.201004.22760@mozart.amd.com> bartling@mozart.amd.com (Steve Bartling) writes:
>
>Three beeps in POST ( Power On Self Test ) indicates a DRAM failure.
>
Just for the record, beep codes (and port 80 codes) are BIOS specific.
There is no industry standard for beep codes and port 80 codes.  In fact
some BIOS vendors use long and short beep codes to signify errors.

This is not to say Mr. Bartling is wrong with his assessment of the problem,
I just thought that everybody should know that three beeps on AMI BIOS
doesn't mean the same thing as three beeps on other BIOS's.



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