Tiger MPX S2466N-4M - Beep code 1-2

Hi All,

I have a dual Athlon Tiger mother board and I've been upgrading the CPU
cooling due to higher temps than I would like. I upgraded the CPU cooler
on the second CPU last night and now it won't boot and I get a beep code of
1-2.

I didn't change any hardware and today I re-checked the CPU and cooler to
make sure I didn't flex the CPU card when I seated the cooler. All looks
well.

Anybody know what the 1-2 salute means?

Cheers,
Doc

 

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: Anybody know what the 1-2 salute means?
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According to bioscentral.com/beepcodes/phoenixbeep.htm,
it means CPU failure. That is, 1 beep, pause, 2 beeps.

Or, it is possible that it is a motherboard problem. In
the respective case, replace the CPU or motherboard.

Bruce
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Ouch! Do they differentiate between long and short? This one is one long
and two shorts. CPU failure makes sense - I just hope it is something
cheaper :-(

Thanks for the link!

Cheers,
Doc

 

:
: Ouch! Do they differentiate between long and short? This one is one long
: and two shorts. CPU failure makes sense - I just hope it is something
: cheaper :-(
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Hmmm, I think I read the web page wrong. The CPU/MoBo
signal is actually 2 longs, 2 shorts. If I recall, Tyan
makes the single beeps longs, else they are multiple shorts.

The only thing listed for 1-2 is for a Dell, in that
you have a bootable controller w/out any bootable devices
attached.

Bruce
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I'm unsure of what the beep code means but if you try 1 CPU at a time in the
motherboard that should confirm if its a CPU issue (unless of course you
only currently have one CPU in your Dual CPU capable motherboard)..

Paul

 

According to the Phoenix bios documentation, 1-2 is error 98h, "Search for
option ROMs, One long, two short beeps on checksum failure."

Perhaps check any add-in cards that they are well seated and ok. If so,
remove cards one at a time to find the culprit. Cards with ROMs are usually
disk controllers, scsi controllers, videocards etc.