[Sonny]

Basic Beep Codes for ABIT AWARD BIOS Motherboards

1. No beep at all - this means your motherboard is dead, either due to a defective or underpowered power supply, poorly seated CPU or RAM, or a dead-on-arrival board
   
2. One beep - board is working fine
   
3. One long beep then machine shuts down - faulty, improperly installed or missing CPU
   
4. 1 short(Beep) System booting is normally
   
5. 2 short(Beep) CMOS setting error
   
6. 1 long - 1 short(Beep) DRAM ERROR
   
7. 1 long - 2 short(Beep) Display card or monitor connected error
   
8. 1 long - 3 short(Beep) Keyboard Error
   
9. 1 long - 9 short(Beep) ROM Error
   
10. Long(Beep) continuous DRAM isn't inserted correctly
    
11. Short(Beep) continuous POWER supply has a problem
    
12. A two-tone siren, generally caused by overheating or out of specification voltages
    
13. Four beeps then machine shuts down. This is because this version of the BIOS will shut down your machine if no fan tachometer signal is detected on the fan header. Make sure you attach a fan to the FAN1 or FAN4 header or clear CMOS to reset to default (no checking).

Thanks to Paul Howland for providing the information

[Sonny]

SOFT MENU III

CPU OPERATING SPEED =

- CPU FSB CLOCK =
- RATIO =
- MULTIPLIER FACTOR =
- ENHANCE FOR BENCHMARK =


POWER SUPPLY

- CORE VOLTAGE =
- DDR VOLTAGE =
- CPU FAST COMMAND DECODE =

SPREAD SPECTRUM =
LINEAR SPREAD MODE =
LINEAR SPREAD RANGE =


ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES | DRAM CLOCK/DRIVE

CURRENT FSB FREQUENCY =
CURRENT DRAM FREQUENCY =

DRAM CLOCK =
DRAM TIMING SELECT =

- CAS LATENCY TIMING =
- BANK INTERLEAVE =
- PRECHARGE TO ACTIVE (tRP) =
- ACTIVE TO PRECHARGE (tRAS) =
- ACTIVE TO CMD (tRCD) =

DRAM BURST LENGTH =
DRAM QUEUE DEPTH =
DQS DRIVE STRENGTH =

DDR DQS INPUT DELAY =
- INPUT DELAY VALUE =

DDR DQS OUTPUT DELAY =
- OUTPUT DELAY VALUE =

MD DRIVE STRENGTH =
- DRIVE VALUE =

DIMM 1 - 4 CMD DRIVE =
- DIMM 1 & 2
- DIMM 3 & 4

DRAM ACCESS =
ENHANCE DRAM PERFORMANCE =
DRAM COMMAND RATE =
WRITE RECOVERY TIME =
DRAM tWTR =
DCLK OUTPUT DELAY =


The list is intended for ABIT VIA KT400 based MotherBoards & their most important Menus for Overclocking to help you list down & diagnose your settings. If you would like something similar for whatever chipset on the ABIT AMD Products list PM me & I'll post it for you.

[Sonny]

SOFT MENU III

CPU OPERATING SPEED =

- CPU FSB CLOCK =
- RATIO =
- MULTIPLIER FACTOR =
- ENHANCE FOR BENCHMARK =


POWER SUPPLY

- CORE VOLTAGE =
- DDR VOLTAGE =
- I/O VOLTAGE =
- CPU FAST COMMAND DECODE =

AUTO DETECT =
SPREAD SPECTRUM =
LINEAR SPREAD MODE =
LINEAR SPREAD RANGE =


ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES | DRAM CLOCK/DRIVE

CURRENT FSB FREQUENCY =
CURRENT DRAM FREQUENCY =

DRAM CLOCK =
DRAM TIMING SELECT =

- DRAM CAS LATENCY TIMING =
- BANK INTERLEAVE =
- PRECHARGE TO ACTIVE (tRP) =
- ACTIVE TO PRECHARGE (tRAS) =
- ACTIVE TO CMD (tRCD) =

DDR DQS INPUT DELAY
- INPUT DELAY VALUE =

DDR DQS OUTPUT DELAY
- OUTPUT DELAY VALUE =

- MD DRIVE STRENGTH DRIVE =

- DIMM 1 & 2 CMD DRIVE STRENGTH =
- DIMM 3 & 4 CMD DRIVE STRENGTH =

ENHANCE DRAM PERFORMANCE =
DRAM ACCESS =
DRAM QUEUE DEPTH =
DRAM COMMAND RATE =
DCLK FEEDBACK DELAY =

[wannaoc]

Very good thread! Just helped me out more than a search. A big thanks!

[Sonny]

I'm happy that it has helped you. Do you guys need a BIOS List for the NF7 - S boards? Just let me know which BIOS rev to base it on.

[squads]

keep in mind, no beep at all might mean you didnt connect the speaker header correctly.

[ogboot]

hmm, i think i have one not listed. one long beep, 2 SHORT beeps, then 2 low key tones....anyone know what that is?
Abit KV7

[pigo1973]

Got same problem here!!!

And I changed 2 VGA cards... and always the same...
When there is NO VGA card I got same beeps!!!

Strange!!!

I tried with GF4200 and R9100!!

[ogboot]

my card seems to be finicky about the orientation when inserted in slot, shutting down and lightly touching the gpu heatsink or the card then restarting would resolve this.

[Ludovico]

Hi,

Very nice, very good post!

This is my first post here I'm getting the felling that subscribing to the forum was a good move!

Best

[x718x]

Originally posted by Sonny
I'm happy that it has helped you. Do you guys need a BIOS List for the NF7 - S boards? Just let me know which BIOS rev to base it on.

can i have one for the bios in rev. 2.0

whatever the stock bios is

[felinusz]

Hey, sorry to thread crap!

This list has saved me suffering and misery countless times now, this time at three in the mornign, right when I *need* my computer to work. What a great aid to finding the problem

Thanks.

[spydeymon]

hi i got an old system but im getting 1 long beep and 3 sort its a k7v slot a mobo
cant figure out whats wrong i did a reboot one day and it never went back on those beeps drive me crazy any help would be nice

[intox]

great thread sonny. my comp wasnt POSTing but thanks to this, i figured it out. thanks

[thorilan]

quick question . has anyone tried starting a abit board with proc in but the cooling not on?. will the alarm go off right away?
is it thatresponsive. i did it just to see what would happen ( dont comment please i already know ) and within 1 second i got the 2 tone siren

[The Dud]

i have a beep 2 seconds long and every 3 seconds continuesly, i upgraded my graphics card worked fine for a day and a half but when i rebooted this morning i got this beep sequence and the monitors stay blank, i tried 3 different cards including my ati all-in-wonder 9600xt tv displays "snow" (static)

[g0dM@n]

Originally Posted by squads

keep in mind, no beep at all might mean you didnt connect the speaker header correctly.

...or that your BIOS chip is corrupted. That's what happened to me (for the NF7-S that is).

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Hey Ludovico, your sig says 12.5x200 (2535mhz). Uhm, that doesn't make sense... fix it?

[Flip-Mode]

Thanks, the beep code pointed me directly to my VGA card instead of doing the trail and error troubleshooting.

[Lon3R]

hmm my board goes beep boop , continuously what does that mean? i was jus gonna look for my invoice and get a RMA ? any suggestions?

[RJARRRPCGP]

Originally Posted by The Dud

i have a beep 2 seconds long and every 3 seconds continuesly, i upgraded my graphics card worked fine for a day and a half but when i rebooted this morning i got this beep sequence and the monitors stay blank, i tried 3 different cards including my ati all-in-wonder 9600xt tv displays "snow" (static)

Probably RAM related.

[jesse]

THANK YOU! hehe This info is very helpful!

[RotKT]

thanks

[Possessed]

this would have help out two days ago when after installing a new zalman cooler on my graphics card and setting up some wires I came one with "beeps" #1 and #10 and yes was one of the dimms that slightly off, took about one hour to figure it out (I almost disassembled my case to check since I tought that was a bad cable connection or that I had chiped my gpu when installing the cooler)

now when I can I will print this one out (was used to my epox 88 debug leds)

[takiwa]

I had a power outtage last night which claimed my comp...I have a two-tone siren on power-up. I have checked the HDD, RAM, and video card in another comp and they work fine. I can only assume that the two-tone siren is telling me my cpu or motherboard is toast...although the cpu does get hot on boot without the HS, so this may be an indication that it is still operational. Either way, I just wanted to add another possible meaning to the siren beep...

[P-Trainenator]

I have often had the same thing happen, (siren goes off). For me opening up the Uguru hardware monitor usually fixes it.

[g0dM@n]

Originally Posted by P-Trainenator

I have often had the same thing happen, (siren goes off). For me opening up the Uguru hardware monitor usually fixes it.

I'd the same problem b/c I didn't have a CPU fan hooked up (on water cooling). I went into the BIOS and had to turn off the beep, and wallah.

[condor666]

Nothing special to know about the Abit AN-M2 ?
Cause i'll receive this mobo monday or thuesday.

[Arkhaine]

I've got an ABIT KN8-Ultra motherboard, and recently I changed PSU to a Corsair HX-530. Now I get 1 short low-pitched, and then 1 long high-pitched beep during POST, then the computer boots. I've checked the manual and several sites with no success as to what this means, could it be the same thing as the two-tone siren described in the original post?

Computer runs fine otherwise.

[g0dM@n]

Originally Posted by Arkhaine

I've got an ABIT KN8-Ultra motherboard, and recently I changed PSU to a Corsair HX-530. Now I get 1 short low-pitched, and then 1 long high-pitched beep during POST, then the computer boots. I've checked the manual and several sites with no success as to what this means, could it be the same thing as the two-tone siren described in the original post?

Computer runs fine otherwise.

Does the CPU header have a fan plugged into it? I remember my QuadGT gave me problems like that.

[Arkhaine]

UPDATE: The boo-beeeeep sound I got apparently was because I had turned on the "Power Down when CPU FAN fail" option. I turned it off, and now I get the regular beep.

So, 1 short low and 1 long high means that the Power Down at FAN FAIL option is enabled in the PC Health Status section of the BIOS.