What The Beep With S1669 MB

External Since: May 14, 2005 Posts: 23

have a Chaintech S1689 MB with a Phoenix - Award Workstation BIOS
(07/12/2005-K8/M1689D-SU7K0811C-00)

Over the past month, when I boot, I sometimes get 4 beeps in a row just
after the Award ID screen appears.

Then one of the following happens:

1: No problem

2: Windows 98 opens slower then usual

3: A blank screen untill I press the power buttton once.

4: Hangs, and I am forced to reboot.

Plus, if I do get into windows98 I find that some of my graphic heavy
applications (games, photo imageing, scanning) don't work very well.

So?

What does the 4 beeps means?

Do they have something to do with graphics?

How do I fix (if needed) it?

External Since: Jan 26, 2005 Posts: 57

"Zentraleinheit" wrote in message

> have a Chaintech S1689 MB with a Phoenix - Award Workstation BIOS
> (07/12/2005-K8/M1689D-SU7K0811C-00)
>
> Over the past month, when I boot, I sometimes get 4 beeps in a row just
> after the Award ID screen appears.
>
> Then one of the following happens:
>
> 1: No problem
>
> 2: Windows 98 opens slower then usual
>
> 3: A blank screen untill I press the power buttton once.
>
> 4: Hangs, and I am forced to reboot.
>
> Plus, if I do get into windows98 I find that some of my graphic heavy
> applications (games, photo imageing, scanning) don't work very well.
>
> So?
>
> What does the 4 beeps means?
>
> Do they have something to do with graphics?
>
> How do I fix (if needed) it?
>
>

Are the beeps all the same length or is it

1 long and 3 short?

If it is then it indicates vga card problem so you could try shoving it into
the socket a bit tighter (is your monitor cable pulling on it?)