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Phoenix bios beep codes – Acer 1000 User Manual

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Chapter 4

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Phoenix BIOS Beep Codes

Beep Code

Post Code

Description

What to Check (Recommended)

1-1-1-3

02h

Verify Real Mode.

Check the processor.

Check the main board.

1-1-2-1

04h

Get CPU type.

Check the processor.

Check the main board.

1-1-2-3

06h

Initialize system
hardware.

Check the main board.

1-1-3-1

08h

Initialize cache to initial
POST values.

Check the main board.

1-1-3-2

09h

Set in POST flag.

Check the main board.

1-1-3-3

0Ah

Initialize CPU registers.

Check the processor.

Check the main board.

1-1-4-1

0Ch

Initialize cache to initial
POST values.

Check the secondary cache.

Check the processor.

Check the main board.

1-1-4-3

0Eh

Initialize I/O.

Make sure all the cards are securely

inserted into the system.

Make sure that there are no physical
problems with the main board or
internal connections.

Disable all shadowing of expansion

adapter ROMs and see if that fixes
the problem.

Remove all unnecessary expansion

cards (basically, everything but the
video card) and see if the problem
goes away. If it does, the problem is
probably one of the expansion cards
you removed. If not, your problem
lies elsewhere. Try to isolate the
problem by inserting one expansion
card at a time back into the system
and seeing which on e triggers the
problem.

1-2-1-1

10h

Initialize Power
Management.

Check the main board.

1-2-1-2

11h

Load alternate registers
with initial POST values.

Check the main board.

1-2-1-3

12h

Jump to UserPatch0.

Check the main board.

1-2-2-1

14h

Initialize keyboard
controller.

Check the keyboard.

Check the keyboard controller.

Check the main board.

1-2-2-3

16h

BIOS ROM checksum.

Check the main board.

1-2-3-1

18h

8254 timer initialization.

Check the main board.

1-2-3-3

1Ah

8237 DMA controller
initialization

Treat as an expansion card problem.

Check the main board.