"Classic" (Legacy?) beep codes produce a single beep at the end of a successful Power On Self Test.
Fred Holmes At 03:20 PM 11/23/2008, Brian Jones wrote: >I have yet to see a PC BIOS that does not do this.... It is the way that the >motherboard communicates a problem when the problem prevents normal >communication (like text on the screen). It could be as simple as a >mis-seated memory stick, or as serious as a damaged interface chip. The newer >Dell's 'beep' when they see a non-Dell keyboard attached, even though the >keybord works fine! Since you don't hear anything, then there is no problem >to report. > - Brian > > >>I have two WinXP PC's (Compaq and eMachines), which don't sound out >>beep codes. Is this an option or are they just turned off? Are beep >>codes no longer needed? ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
