[CentOS] beeps and a slow boot

[Pete Travis]

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.

--Pete