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From: monahan@cs.nps.navy.mil (James Monahan)
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Subject: Re: 386 trouble.. Help Help !!!
Keywords: 386,pc,ibm,trouble,ami
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Date: 10 Sep 90 18:49:56 GMT
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In article <2208@gmuvax2.gmu.edu> skahng@gmuvax2.gmu.edu (Soonam Kahng) writes:
>Hello everybody..
>
> I need a help to fix my 386 system. My system is not booted up.
>Nothing is happen after the powercomes in except beeping three times.
>I tried to change all cards with the other but...

>I guess the mother board has a problem. But I don't have the 
>information on the error code (beeping three times).
>My system is
>      386 16Mhz
>      Motherboard is   "MYLEX V2 "   (1987)
>      BIOS              AMI (11/30/87)
>      Hard drive        ID130-AT
>      Ethernetcard      Sytek Ethernet
>      and FDD, Mono video.
>
>Does anybody give me an advice? 
>How much will it cost to fix?
>Do you know the phone # of American Megatrends INC.?
>
>Any advice,please......
>
>Soonam..
>skahng@gmuvax2.gmu.edu
>skahng@gmuvax.bitnet
>.

Hope this helps.  I have a 20 MHz Mylex Motherboard with the same BIOS.
When I attempted to upgrade my ram from the 1M standard to 4M (bank 0 
filled with 1M SIMMs), I heard the same beeps.  The manual says that it
has sensed a problem with the '64K BASE MEMORY' prior to sensing video
and thus provides the beep messages (There are 5 other beep codes). The
problem and the solution were: 3 of the 4 SIMMS were faulty and once 
replaced worked great.
Advice - make sure that the memory is sitted properly and/or test the 
RAM in another machine.  Checking all DIPs and/or jumper settings is a
given.
                        Good luck.