Re: beeps and a slow boot

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On 07/08/2014 02:00 AM, Pete Travis wrote:
> On Jul 7, 2014 5:40 PM, "Michael Hennebry" <hennebry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>>
>> On Mon, 7 Jul 2014, m.roth@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
>>
>>> Michael Hennebry wrote:
>>>> On boot, my computer has been beeping at me and
>>>> showing the BIOS screen for almost two minutes.
>>>> During that time, it does not respond to tab or delete.
>>>>
>>>> Where do I find the beep codes for a
>>>> MSI K9N SLI Platinum Series motherboard?
>>>> My google-fu has failed me.
>>>>
>>> google search:  MSI K9N SLI Platinum Series manual
>>> got me to MSI's page, and support under the pic got me to manual....
>>>
>>> <http://www.msi.com/support/mb/K9N_SLI_Platinum.html#down-manual>
>>
>> I have the manual.
>> I should have mentioned that the manual does not have the beep codes.
>>
>> --
>> Michael   hennebry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> "SCSI is NOT magic. There are *fundamental technical
>> reasons* why it is necessary to sacrifice a young
>> goat to your SCSI chain now and then."   --   John Woods
>>
> 
> Asus and the like don't make BIOS, they get it from AMI or Phoenix or
> whatever.  It will usually say in POST screens or in the setup itself;
> failing that, it  might be etched on the chip itself.
> 
> In my experience, though, 97% of problems whose symptoms include beep codes
> are memory issues.  Well, maybe that's a contrived figure, but it is enough
> that I'd look for spare memory first and a beep code reference after.
> 

http://www.computerhope.com/beep.htm


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