MEANING OF THE BEEP SOUNDS IN A Pc.
Know what each beep sound of your computer means when turning ON your computer.

Those beeps are your BIOS "telling" you that something is wrong with your computer.
  • One Beep
    -DRAM refresh failure

    This may be due to :
    - Bad memory chips
    - A bad DMA Chip
    - Bad memory addressing chips on the motherboard
  • Two Beeps 
    - Parity error or Parity Circuit failure
    - Your memory may not be seated properly on the mother board.

    >Unplug and plug it properly
  • Three Beeps 
    -Bad memory or bad mother board
  • Four beeps
    -Timer failure in the RAM.
  • Five Beeps
    -CPU chip may be dead
  • Six Beeps 
    -Keyboard controller may have failed
  • Seven beeps
    -CPU is dead. Retry the connections and test.
    >Replace the whole motherboard.
  • Eight Beeps 
    -Video card is missing or Bad.
  • Nine Beeps 
    -Damaged ROM BIOS.
    >BIOS chip has to be replaced if it persists.
  • Ten Beeps
    -CMOS shutdown.
    >Replace CMOS memory and associated chips.
  • Eleven Beeps
    -Cache memory test has failed.
    >To enable cache memory try CTRL+ALT+SHIFT++(i.e Hit Plus(+) Sign).
  • One long Beep and Three short Beeps
    -Memory failure
  • One long Beep and Eight short Beeps 
    -Video card failure.
    >Try to install video card in another slot.

  • No Beeps
    >Check Power supply
    >Check mother board connections
    >Remove all cards except video card and check for system power up
    >Insert all cards one at a time and check their operation.
    >If system hangs on the installation of a particular card, then it is the cause for the problem and replace it with another of that type and check