windows 98 pc down [Interpret BIOS beep code]

windows 98 pc down

I have a pc running win 98, trying to find out what is wrong with my pc at this time.

AT boot up I get this musical sound>>sounds like two long bips
example>>>(ding, dong) (ding,dong) (ding,dong) over and over again. I think I am geting power to my pc, because the front led lights do come on.

things i have tried:
1. replaced the power supply, with another power supply>>>same bips
2. removed video card>>>same bips
3 removed ram chips and vedio card out of the pc at the same time>>>same bips

WHAT ELSE CAN I CHECK????????????????????????

 

award system bios

supports pnp, apm,dmi and multi device booting
features>>>ls120,cd-rom,hdd(ide,scsi) zip-atapi etc
includes symbios scsi bios
includes trend chipaway virus protection for virus free boot and virus free operation system
atx form factor
chipset = intel 82440bx
dram memory

 

I've had a bit of experience with award bios... I've been running mobo's with it for years. In all cases when I've gotten a double beep on boot either once or repeating it's delt with either video or memory.

Pull both your video and memory. clean the edge connectors. Always wipe the connectors in the direction that the contacts are longer, NEVER across the entire length of the connector or your asking to cause a short. Re-seat everything. Especially on the memory make sure that the clips on the ends of the sockets 'snap' into place, not just go in kinda mushy. If the problem persists and you have more than one memory stick try one at a time. If still the same result I would suspect the video. If the video is PCI try in another slot... PCI slots have been known to go bad leaving the others ok (this is doubtfull). If you have access to another video card try it. If you get past the beeps it's a video problem.

Especially on memory and AGP the contacts are so critical that I've gotten the double beeps by just bumping either the memory or video while just putting in an IDE cable that happened to hit either.

 

Thanks a millions to you all for the advice

I have pulled the mem card out and video card out, and resite them both, with same beeps. But i will retry again, and use a pencil erasa on the video card the way you stated, also i will try another slot for the video card. AS i stated before i changed the power supply with another one, but i might have two bad power supply's, Will a bad power suppluy cause this beep on boot up???? Neither one of the power supply's fan come on when i power up the cpu.

 

pc front panal power

with the present power supply in, the front power led light does come on at boot up.
also the cpu fan comes on, if I am correct===(the fan on the pentium II processor.

again this is two long beeps, and more like musicial sounds

with the video card and mem chip completely out, at boot up still same two beeps???????????????/

if it is the video card, will the video card beening out the same as a bad card or bad connection, and give the same two beeps?????????????

also the second power supply I have, (which maybe bad>>picked up landing around at work) when connected to my pc at boot up, just makes a low humming noise, and I do'nt get the two beeps at boot up

 

If there is only one memory stick or, I believe, the one in bank 1 is bad there will also be nothing on the screen.

On using the eraser to clean the contacts... it works and I have done it. However, I would recommend that you go to Radio Shack and get a contact cleaner pen. This is a better option.

Rough day at work today and a bit foggy but, if I remember correctly if you just get the double beep once it would tend to be the video, if it keeps repeating it would tend to be the video. This is not 100% as bad memory can cause video problems.

 

I have retried this

I have removed the one mem stick out of bank one and used another mem stick, still the same 2> beeps codes at bootup.

If it is the video card, I have another video card, put it in one of the isa slots, but still same 2>beeps, my present motherboard has a build on AGP-port for the video card, this require a certain video card, I don't have jet. my present video card will only fit that port, to try another vedio card in the pci or isa slots, I think I need to disable(the jumper) for the AGP port slot, which sofar I can't find on the mother board. any more suggestions>>>>>>>

 

mainboard= 6BTM

award system bios
4 3.3v 168 dimm sockets
supports up to 450 mhz pentium II processor
chipset 82440bx two chip pciset
one 32 bit agp slot, four 32 bit pci slots, three 16 bit isa slots
atx form factor, 305mm x 220mm, 4 layers , six mountiong holes

rom pci/isa bios (2A69KC39}
Can you get to the Bios screen, even if i am getting 2-beeps on bootup

board === chaintech 6BTM

 

With just about any form of double beeps on award I don't think he's gonna be able to get to bios... On a thought, is the power light on the monitor red, amber, or green? If not green (most monitors) there is no video signal going to the monitor.

 

Manuals:
http://www.chaintech.com.tw:8008/support/manuals.htm
Manuals for the 6BTM0 and the 6BTML.

Use the jumper for "Clear CMOS" (read the manual about disconecting the power).

Still no luck, find a PC of about the same vintage and borrow the graphics card and RAM to try.

Matt
Edit: also remove any "added" hardware. PCI cards, ISA cards, etc.

 

what went wrong

this time I tried to reset the BIOS>>I removed the battery for a frew seconds and replaced the battery back. Before I did this I could power up and get the front panal led light to come on, and get the two long beeps, now that I have pulled the battery and resit it, now when I power up, I get no front panal led light, and no beeps, as if since I pulled and replaced the battery, now I can't get any power at all.

WHAT WENT WRONG????????????

 

Try removing the battery again. This time leave it out for, say, 30 minutes (with all power disconnected). You could get a new battery, but it is unlikely to cause the problems.

While you have the battery out, you can pull and reseat the cables, power connectors, etc. Only power it up with the basics: CPU, RAM, video card, keyboard, mouse (floppy and harddrives, but you could try without them).

I might suspect that the power supply is about to die.

Matt
EDIT: PeteC (AKA: Pistol Pete), you caught me with my trousers down (literally, I had a shower whilst making this post up). Is there an echo in here?