QuestionQ414

IDS Fundamentals and Network Architecture

Sandra, an expert computer user, hears five beeps while booting her computer with AMI BIOS; afterward, the computer stops responding. Sandra knows that during the boot process, POST produces different beep codes for different types of errors. Which of the following errors does this POST beep code indicate?

  • A Display memory error
  • B Cache memory test failed
  • C Processor failure
  • D Mother board timer not operational
Explanation

In the conventional AMI BIOS POST beep-code table, five short beeps indicate a processor failure. Display-memory errors, cache-memory test failures, and an inoperative motherboard system timer correspond to different beep codes.

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