What is this trouble code?

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I have an Asus A7N8X-X mb, Athlon XP+ 2600 CPU, 512Mb RAM
running under Win XP Pro.

I installed and then removed a Diamond Multimedia MX300
sound card. I now a repeated beep from the onboard sound
port. When I disabled the onboard sound in BIOS, the beep
is heard on the tiny mb speaker. Other than this the
computer is operating normally.

What is this trouble code?

When originally assembling this computer, I had a bad RAM
stick which prevented the mb from booting and produced the
same repetitive beep. Does Asus use the same trouble code
for different problems?

Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

Michael Eisenstadt
Austin, Texas
 
I have an Asus A7N8X-X mb, Athlon XP+ 2600 CPU, 512Mb RAM
running under Win XP Pro.

I installed and then removed a Diamond Multimedia MX300
sound card. I now a repeated beep from the onboard sound
port. When I disabled the onboard sound in BIOS, the beep
is heard on the tiny mb speaker. Other than this the
computer is operating normally.

What is this trouble code?

When originally assembling this computer, I had a bad RAM
stick which prevented the mb from booting and produced the
same repetitive beep. Does Asus use the same trouble code
for different problems?

Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

Michael Eisenstadt
Austin, Texas
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The bottom post here has some suggestions for "Award beep code".

http://groups.google.ca/group/alt.c..._frm/thread/80f7e36458b3ff59/c47b1cc525082c8b

Here is the official explanation:
http://www.phoenix.com/en/customer+services/bios/awardbios/award+error+codes.htm

Addition info on BIOS can be found here:
http://www.bioscentral.com/

It sounds like a memory beep.

You could try clearing the CMOS. It is important to unplug the
computer before trying that. In section 1.9 "Jumpers" in the
manual, item #3 describes the use of the CLRTC jumper. If
you succeeded to clear the CMOS, when you enter the BIOS
on the next boot attempt, you'll see that the BIOS clock has
been reset and you'll need to reenter your settings.

If you don't want to play with the CMOS and the battery, then
try unplugging the computer, remove all RAM, start the computer
(should beep for missing RAM), shut off and unplug again, reinstall
RAM, try booting again. The DMI/ESCD should update each time
the hardware configuration changes, and I'm hoping that by
pulling all RAM and reinserting the RAM, you will rewrite the
DMI and perhaps "chase the demon" away :-)

As for trouble codes, in this case they are defined by
Award/Phoenix, the writers of the code base for the BIOS.

Paul
 
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