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Beware Beeping Bios

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Beware Beeping Bios

...or how a PC can play a merry tune

from WinCustomize Forums

I switched my PC on last night to be greeted with a diddley-diddley-diddley-de. My, I thought, what a merry tune my PC is playing, never knew it could do that. My glee at hearing this tuneful melody was tempered seconds later by the sight of a blue screen and susequent boot failure :(

So out came the screwdriver and off came the case cover. Out came components one at a time, sometimes followed by a diddley-diddley-diddley-de, sometimes not. As soon as it booted I headed off to BiosCentral to look up the code - not a diddley-diddley-diddley-de in sight, though I did spot a di-di-diddley-di or two  ;p

So I continued with my quest of stripping the PC to its bare bones. Then I added one component at a time, booting after each and listening for the familiar diddley-diddley-diddley-de. After connecting one of my hard drives (backup), my little diddley-diddley-diddley-de reappeared. I disconnected the IDE cable, still a diddley-diddley-diddley-de. I disconnected the power cable, silence! Re-connected the power cable, diddley-diddley-diddley-de...

It seems on closer inspection one of the power pins on the hard drive is damaged. Easy enough to get a new (larger) hard drive. It could have been worse.

So the moral of this story is: if you hear your PC playing  diddley-diddley-diddley-de, don't just sit there humming the tune!  ;) 

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Reply #26 from WinCustomize Forums Top
click click click


that sounds like a floppy trying to be booted from.

Maybe running a HD diagnosic test would help.
Reply #27 from WinCustomize Forums Top

The new comp doesn't

Some MoBos can have the post beeps turned off .... but if it's on there will be just the one...

Offworld Trading Company
Reply #28 from WinCustomize Forums Top
the new comp seems to take FOREVER to finish POST


i just dont get why
Reply #29 from WinCustomize Forums Top
OK. Now this morning my 6-year old PC started beeping uncontrolably--while in Windows. Any suggestions?
Reply #30 from WinCustomize Forums Top

The most sensible advice of all is...

DON'T PANIC!

 

Reply #32 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Count the beeps. Go to the website of your pc maker and try to find what the beeps mean.
Reply #33 from WinCustomize Forums Top
U know super wizop hippy, On windows 95 it would play the Fur Elise by Beethoven if the fan broke. That's why a midi version of that song shipped with Win95.
Reply #34 from WinCustomize Forums Top
6 years old?

...Thats the beep of it's internal cardiograph

Reply #35 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Well, it doesnt beep during normal use, just after I log on, and when the applications at startup are loading.

Please don't die on me little 'puter.

It seems that Gateway has no 'beeping XP' or 'beeping BIOS' info......

Meowy is afraid
Reply #36 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Hmmm. I just noticed the POST was a 'beep.' These are 'boop's.
Reply #37 from JoeUser Forums Top
You'd think that by now they could replace that old pizo speaker with a proper speaker and let the computer spell it out in your own language?

They have....my MoBo has verbal error codes [though this time I haven't heard them....yet]...


My MB has the voice codes ... however ... I can'y ever understand the thing I just wish it would beep like the rest of my PC's.
Reply #38 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Go to CMOS (set-up) screen during start up and write down your BIOS manufacturer and version.

Go here Link, and see if they have your BIOS manufacturer listed on right side in Beep Codes, then see if there is some useful information.
Reply #40 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Hmmm. I just noticed the POST was a 'beep.' These are 'boop's


That's a software alert...you're running something that tracks your system hardware (like Windows ). Go into bios and look for the temp/fan/voltage readings. If anything is wrong it will show it there. My guess is it's a heat problem. One less likely scenario is your PSU is going.

My pc sometimes makes a beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep sound and keeps doing that, every 5 seconds and just doesnt boot.


That's a memory/overclock error. Run http://www.memtest86.com/ and see if it gives you an error. If you overclocked, reset to bios defaults by resetting the Jbat jumper (RTFM) or if your board supports it, hold down insert key on power up.
Reply #41 from WinCustomize Forums Top
/me thinks yraq is a walking, talking, breathing encyclopedia - (or is that the computer who wore tennis shoes?)

Someday I will know half as much......I swear!
Reply #43 from WinCustomize Forums Top
And what exactly does PSU mean??
It seems to have stopped, but dont ask me why updating the new comps BIOS did the trick. O_o
Reply #44 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Now this morning my 6-year old PC


updating the new comps BIOS did the trick


huh?.........


PSU = Power Supply Unit
Reply #45 from WinCustomize Forums Top

My comps BIOS is/can be verbal....

I keep getting...

"I'm sorry....I can't let you do that, Dave...."

And I keep yelling....

"My name's not 'Dave'...."

 

But it doesn't help.....

Reply #47 from WinCustomize Forums Top
"I'm sorry....I can't let you do that, Dave...."
And I keep yelling....
"My name's not 'Dave'...."
Reply #48 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Now that made my evening.
Reply #49 from WinCustomize Forums Top
yah i know the feeling!
i too had a simular experence but it was a gain related problem remember folks look at what your downloading someone out there is adding gain to there wigets and themes thats a no no
so check the supported files and its a 90% chance that gains there
Reply #50 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Oh, watch out for the S.M.A.R.T. Warnings...


This computer does not have SMART (new one does)

I'm also pondering the possibility that when I booted into Linspire it fixed it.....