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From: bartling@mozart.amd.com (Steve Bartling)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: 386 trouble.. Help Help !!!
Keywords: 386,pc,ibm,trouble,ami
Message-ID: <1990Sep13.193241.1752@mozart.amd.com>
Date: 13 Sep 90 19:32:41 GMT
References: <2208@gmuvax2.gmu.edu> <1990Sep10.201004.22760@mozart.amd.com> <4043@altos86.Altos.COM>
Organization: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
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In article <4043@altos86.Altos.COM> rcollins@altos86.UUCP (Robert Collins) writes:
>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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Thanks Robert, I was not aware that it was a BIOS dependent 'feature'.

I now qualify my previous posting. For the AMI BIOS, three beeps
is used to indicate a DRAM failure in bank 0. Please see my previous
posting for more confusing details :-)

Thanks again Robert ... it is a nice change for someone to elucidate
ones posting without indulging in flames.

- Steve Bartling

bartling@mozart.amd.com