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Article #39841Re: AT POST 3 BEEPS MEANING?
From: William S. Smith
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 1989 14:12
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 1989 14:12
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In article <1989Dec16.003500.5466@hellgate.utah.edu> u-dmfloy%ug.utah.edu@cs.utah.edu (Daniel M Floyd) writes: > >Could someone tell me what 3 short beeps on a new mother board means? > >A friend of mine is putting together an AT machine but get's nothing >but those 3 short beeps. Over, and over, and over ... > I would suggest you check the manual with the video board. The EGA by BOCA, for example, says three beeps indicates an error on the other display card in the system. I used to get the signal even with only the BOCA board in the system and no other. Problem was traced to a fault on the motherboard - it worked well with a CGA card but wouldn't perform reliably with the EGA board. Hope this helps. bill
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!zephyr.ens.tek.com!uw-beaver!mit-eddie!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!emory!mephisto!ncsuvx!news From: bill@ccvr1.ncsu.edu (William S. Smith) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: AT POST 3 BEEPS MEANING? Keywords: help post IBM AT Message-ID: <1989Dec16.141258.23095@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu> Date: 16 Dec 89 14:12:58 GMT References: <1989Dec16.003500.5466@hellgate.utah.edu> Reply-To: bill@ccvr1.ncsu.edu (William S. Smith) Distribution: na Organization: NCSU Computing Center Lines: 18