On 07/08/2014 02:00 AM, Pete Travis wrote: > On Jul 7, 2014 5:40 PM, "Michael Hennebry" <hennebry at web.cs.ndsu.nodak.edu> > wrote: >> >> On Mon, 7 Jul 2014, m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote: >> >>> Michael Hennebry wrote: >>>> On boot, my computer has been beeping at me and >>>> showing the BIOS screen for almost two minutes. >>>> During that time, it does not respond to tab or delete. >>>> >>>> Where do I find the beep codes for a >>>> MSI K9N SLI Platinum Series motherboard? >>>> My google-fu has failed me. >>>> >>> google search: MSI K9N SLI Platinum Series manual >>> got me to MSI's page, and support under the pic got me to manual.... >>> >>> <http://www.msi.com/support/mb/K9N_SLI_Platinum.html#down-manual> >> >> I have the manual. >> I should have mentioned that the manual does not have the beep codes. >> >> -- >> Michael hennebry at web.cs.ndsu.NoDak.edu >> "SCSI is NOT magic. There are *fundamental technical >> reasons* why it is necessary to sacrifice a young >> goat to your SCSI chain now and then." -- John Woods >> > > Asus and the like don't make BIOS, they get it from AMI or Phoenix or > whatever. It will usually say in POST screens or in the setup itself; > failing that, it might be etched on the chip itself. > > In my experience, though, 97% of problems whose symptoms include beep codes > are memory issues. Well, maybe that's a contrived figure, but it is enough > that I'd look for spare memory first and a beep code reference after. > http://www.computerhope.com/beep.htm -- Ljubomir Ljubojevic (Love is in the Air) PL Computers Serbia, Europe StarOS, Mikrotik and CentOS/RHEL/Linux consultant