BEEP ERROR CODES It is normal for a XT or AT clone to beep once or twice during the POST test. More that this indicates a severe error. Beep codes are issued as a sequence of three sets of beeps. For example, BEEP {pause} BEEP BEEP {pause} BEEP BEEP is the code represented as 1--2--2. The Phoenix ROM name is listed by each beep code. 1--1--3 CMOS WRITE/READ FAILURE 1--1--4 ROM BIOS CHECKSUM ERROR 1--2--1 PROGRAMMABLE INTERVAL TIMER FAILURE 1--2--2 DMA INITIALIZATION FAILURE 1--2--3 DMA PAGE REGISTER WRITE/READ FAILURE 1--3--1 RAM REFRESH VERIFICATION FAILURE 1--3--3 FIRST 64K RAM CHIP OR DATA LINE FAILURE MULTI-BIT 1--3--4 FIRST 64K ODD/EVE LOGIC FAILURE 1--4--1 ADDRESS LINE FAILURE 64K OF RAM 1--4--2 PARITY FAILURE FIRST 64K OF RAM 2--1--1 BIT 0 FIRST 64K RAM FAILURE 2--1--2 BIT 1 2--1--3 BIT 2 2--1--4 BIT 3 2--2--1 BIT 4 2--2--2 BIT 5 2--2--3 BIT 6 2--2--4 BIT 7 2--3--1 BIT 8 2--3--2 BIT 9 2--3--3 BIT 10 2--3--4 BIT 11 2--4--1 BIT 12 2--4--2 BIT 13 2--4--3 BIT 14 2--4--4 BIT 15 FIRST 64K RAM FAILURE 3--1--1 SLAVE DMA REGISTER FAILURE 3--1--2 MASTER DMA REGISTER FAILURE 3--1--3 MASTER INTERRUPT MASK REGISTER FAILURE 3--1--4 SLAVE INTERRUPT MASK REGISTER FAILURE 3--2--4 KEYBOARD CONTROLLER TEST FAILURE 3--3--4 SCREEN INITIALIZATION FAILURE 3--4--1 SCREEN RETRACE TEST FAILURE 4--2--1 TIMER TICK FAILURE 4--2--2 SHUTDOWN TEST FAILURE 4--2--3 GATE A20 FAILURE 4--2--4 UNEXPECTED INTERRUPT IN PROTECTED MODE 4--3--1 RAM TEST ADDRESS FAILURE 4--3--3 INTERVAL TIMER CHANNEL 2 FAILURE 4--3--4 TIME OF DAY CLOCK FAILURE 4--4--3 MATH COPROCESSOR FAILURE