just in case any one is thinking they are going mad,your not i have just found a better documented article and for any one who wasnts the other one i have attached it to this thread

When you power on a computer the BIOS immediately takes control of the computer and performs the P.O.S.T (Power On Self Test). At the end of the POST the computer will play an audible 'BEEP' through either the PC's internal speaker of through speakers attached to the sound card (if you have a built-in sound chip). If the POST completed successfully without detecting any problems with then system will play a single short beep to let you know the test is complete and the computer will continue to startup and load the operating system.

If during the POST the BIOS detects a problem it will normally display a visual error message on the monitor explaining what the problem is. However, if a problem is detected before the BIOS initializes the video card, or a video card is not present or not detected then the BIOS will play several 'BEEPS' through the speaker to let you know there is a problem. Depending on the type of the BIOS you have the BIOS may play beeps in a specific pattern to indicate what the problem is, or play the same beep a number of times indicating the problem. It is very important that you pay close attention to the number and/or pattern of the beeps your computer plays on startup.

Below is a table of the most common AMI, Phoenix and Award BIOS beep codes.

AMI (American Megatrends International) BIOS Beep Codes.
AMI BIOS uses beeps of the same length and pitch. The error is displayed as a number of beeps. For example, 4 beeps indicated a timer failure.

BEEP CODE MEANING POSSIBLE CAUSE
1 Beep (No video) Memory refresh failure - Bad memory
2 Beeps Memory parity error - Bad memory
3 Beeps Base 64K mem failure - Bad memory
4 Beeps Timer not operational - Bad motherboard
5 Beeps Processor error -Bad processor
6 Beeps 8042 Gate A20 failure - Bad CPU or Motherboard
7 Beeps Processor exception - Bad processor
8 Beeps Video memory error - Bad video card or memory
9 Beeps ROM checksum error - Bad BIOS
10 Beeps CMOS checksum error - Bad motherboard
11 Beeps Cache memory bad - Bad CPU or motherboard

Award BIOS Beep Codes
Award BIOS uses beeps of varying duration. A long beep will typically last for 2 seconds while a short beep will last only 1 second. Award BIOS also uses beeps of different frequency to indicate critical errors. If an Award BIOS detects that the CPU is overheating it may play a high pitched repeating beep while the computer is running.

BEEP CODE MEANING POSSIBLE CAUSE
1 Long, 2 Short Video adapter failure - Bad video adapter
Repeating (Endless loop) Memory error - Bad memory or bad connection
1 Long, 3 Short Video adapter failure - Bad video adapter or memory
High freq. beeps (while running) CPU is overheating - CPU fan failure
Repeating High, Low beeps CPU failure - Bad processor

Phoenix BIOS Beep Codes
Phoenix BIOS uses beep code patterns to indicate problems. In the table below the '-' indicates a brief pause between beeps.

Example: 1 - 1 - 2 would sound like BEEP <pause> BEEP <pause> BEEP BEEP
BEEP CODE MEANING POSSIBLE CAUSE
1 - 1 - 2 CPU / motherboard failure - Bad CPU / motherboard
1 - 1 - 3 CMOS read/write failure - Bad motherboard
1 - 1 - 4 BIOS ROM failure - Bad BIOS chip
1 - 2 - 1 Timer failure - Bad motherboard
1 - 2 - 2 DMA failure - Bad motherboard
1 - 2 - 3 DMA failure - Bad motherboard
1 - 3 - 1 Memory refresh failure - Bad memory
1 - 3 - 2 64K memory failure - Bad memory
1 - 3 - 3 64K memory failure - Bad memory
1 - 3 - 4 64K memory failure - Bad memory
1 - 4 - 1 Address line failure - Bad memory
1 - 4 - 2 Parity error - Bad memory
1 - 4 - 3 Timer failure - Bad motherboard
1 - 4 - 4 NMI port failure - Bad motherboard
2 - 1 - 1 64K memory failure - Bad memory
2 - 1 - 2 64K memory failure - Bad memory
2 - 1 - 3 64K memory failure - Bad memory
2 - 1 - 4 64K memory failure - Bad memory
2 - 2 - 1 64K memory failure - Bad memory
2 - 2 - 2 64K memory failure - Bad memory
2 - 2 - 3 64K memory failure - Bad memory
2 - 2 - 4 64K memory failure - Bad memory
2 - 3 - 1 64K memory failure - Bad memory
2 - 3 - 2 64K memory failure - Bad memory
2 - 3 - 3 64K memory failure - Bad memory
2 - 3 - 4 64K memory failure - Bad memory
2 - 4 - 1 64K memory failure - Bad memory
2 - 4 - 2 64K memory failure - Bad memory
2 - 4 - 4 64K memory failure - Bad memory
2 - 4 - 4 64K memory failure - Bad memory
3 - 1 - 1 Slave DMA failure - Bad motherboard
3 - 1 - 2 Master DMA failure - Bad motherboard
3 - 1 - 3 Interrupt controller failure - Bad motherboard
3 - 1 -4 Slave IC failure - Bad motherboard
3 - 2 -2 Interrupt Controller failure - Bad motherboard
3 - 2 - 3 <RESERVED>
3 - 2 - 4 Keyboard control failure - Bad motherboard
3 - 3 - 1 CMOS batter failure - Bad CMOS battery
3 - 3 - 2 CMOS configuration error - Incorrect setting
3 - 3 - 3 <RESERVED>
3 - 3 - 4 Video memory failure - Bad video card or memory
3 - 4 - 1 Video init failure - Bad video card or memory
4 - 2 - 1 Timer failure - Bad motherboard
4 - 2 - 2 CMOS shutdown failure - Bad motherboard
4 - 2 - 3 Gate A20 failure - Bad motherboard
4 - 2 - 4 Unexpected interrupt - Bad processor
4 - 3 - 1 RAM test failure - Bad memory
4 - 3 - 3 Timer failure - Bad motherboard
4 - 3 - 4 RTC failure - Bad motherboard
4 - 4 - 1 Serial port failure - Bad motherboard
4 - 4 - 2 Parallel port failure - Bad motherboard
4 - 4 - 3 Coprocessor failure - Bad motherboard or CPU.
9 - 2 - 1 Video adapter incompatibility - Use a different brand of video card __________________

Attached Files

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Good information m8. I have something to add, a support document from Microsoft...

Computer Randomly Plays Classical Music

This article was previously published under Q261186

SUMMARY

During normal operation or in Safe mode, your computer may play "Fur Elise" or "It's a Small, Small World" seemingly at random. This is an indication sent to the PC speaker from the computer's BIOS that the CPU fan is failing or has failed, or that the power supply voltages have drifted out of tolerance. This is a design feature of a detection circuit and system BIOSes developed by Award/Unicore from 1997 on.

MORE INFORMATION

Although these symptoms may appear to be virus-like, they are the result of an electronic hardware monitoring component of the motherboard and BIOS. You may want to have your computer checked or serviced.

For aditional related information, please see the following DFI Technologies Web site:

http://www.dfiusa.com/support/tech-support.html

Microsoft provides third-party contact information to help you find technical support. This contact information may change without notice. Microsoft does not guarantee the accuracy of this third-party contact information.

APPLIES TO

• Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
• Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Edition
• Microsoft Windows 95
• Microsoft Windows 98 Standard Edition
• Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition
• Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition

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nice addition m8,thanks

Cheers TS and Xander for the extra info, hopefully i won't here these beeps

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Nice info - Thanks

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Mine beeps the "Battle Hymn of the Republic," what does that signify?

your seeding too many files lmao