M2N-E Beep Codes - General Question

Hi group!

Has anyone found a web page that accurately lists the beep codes for the
P.O.S.T. of this board? (Or any other ASUS board, for that manner)?

The reason I ask is that, months ago, I built a system, which ran
flawlessly for a couple of weeks, then failed solidly with a beep-code of
1-long 2-short.

The web was full of "solutions": 1-long 2-short = bad video adapter.

Nothing in the mobo manual.

Ordered and installed a new video card. Nope. Same problem.

Back to the web, I found LOTS of the same misinformation. Also, one lone
comment that went something like: "wrong. 1-long & 2-short is bad RAM"

Replaced the RAM. Bingo!


Yesterday, my 2nd M2N-E gave me a 1-long 3-short beep-code. The reboot
went fine, but the problem may revisit me. I thought that, before I start
tossing out video cards, I'd see if I could find an absolute authority on
the beep-codes for this board. My search on ASUS's website for either
"Beep" or "post" turns up nothing.

Is there someplace on ASUS's website where the correct beep-codes are
listed? Or elsewhere?

It'd be nice to know. So I don't have to go down the garden path again.
And again.

TIA,

- Ralph

Ralph Innes wrote:
> Hi group!
>
> Has anyone found a web page that accurately lists the beep codes for
> the P.O.S.T. of this board? (Or any other ASUS board, for that
> manner)?
>
> The reason I ask is that, months ago, I built a system, which ran
> flawlessly for a couple of weeks, then failed solidly with a
> beep-code of 1-long 2-short.
>
> The web was full of "solutions": 1-long 2-short = bad video adapter.
>
> Nothing in the mobo manual.
>
> Ordered and installed a new video card. Nope. Same problem.
>
> Back to the web, I found LOTS of the same misinformation. Also, one
> lone comment that went something like: "wrong. 1-long & 2-short is
> bad RAM"
>
> Replaced the RAM. Bingo!
>
>
> Yesterday, my 2nd M2N-E gave me a 1-long 3-short beep-code. The
> reboot went fine, but the problem may revisit me. I thought that,
> before I start tossing out video cards, I'd see if I could find an
> absolute authority on the beep-codes for this board. My search on
> ASUS's website for either "Beep" or "post" turns up nothing.
>
> Is there someplace on ASUS's website where the correct beep-codes are
> listed? Or elsewhere?
>
> It'd be nice to know. So I don't have to go down the garden path
> again. And again.
>
> TIA,
>
> - Ralph

I'm not aware of any MB manufacturer giving a list of beep codes (there
may be one, or more, but I haven't found one yet).

Generally, the beep code is indigenous to the BIOS manufacturer. The
most common BIOS maufacturers are Award/Phoenix and AMI (American
Megatrends). Others are listed on the web page below, but those are the
two most common ones you'll find.
http://bioscentral.com/
http://bioscentral.com/beepcodes/awardbeep.htm
http://bioscentral.com/beepcodes/amibeep.htm


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