One Continuous Beep Followed by 4 Short Beeps

• #10

American Megatrends/AMI

Phoenix Bios?

• #12

my cpu fan is plugged in cpu_fan labaled pins theres sys_fan1 and sys_fan2
my fan has problems if i do not give push it doesnt spin
ill try it push it earlier

A number of motherboards I've had in the past will not boot if it doesn't think there is a CPU fan connected. I don't know if you have the same issue, but it's worth maybe connecting a different fan into CPU_FAN just to rule out the fan itself.

Also, I would recommend downloading the manual and reading through it. Make sure any switches are where they're supposed to be set and such.

Edit:

Upon further review, replace your memory!

MSI Forum said:

AMI BIOS beep codes

Below are the AMI BIOS Beep codes that can occur. However, because of the wide variety of different computer manufacturers with this BIOS, the beep codes may vary.

1 short - DRAM refresh failure
2 short - Parity circuit failure
3 short - Base 64K RAM failure
4 short - System timer failure
5 short - Process failure
6 short - Keyboard controller Gate A20 error
7 short - Virtual mode exception error
8 short - Display memory Read/Write test failure
9 short - ROM BIOS checksum failure
10 short - CMOS shutdown Read/Write error
11 short - Cache Memory error

1 long, 3 short - Conventional/Extended memory failure

1 long, 8 short - Display/Retrace test failed

It's not exactly your code, but it appears that codes in that range are memory-cache related.
Source

For those of you who want to learn how to use Google better, you want to be more generic in your search terms, for example, I searched for

First link brought me here: https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=129831.0

Someone in there linked to the page with all the beep codes. Similar problems sometimes yeild similar results. Just an FYI on how to use Google efficiently.

Last edited: Mar 25, 2014

• #14

For those of you who want to learn how to use Google better, you want to be more generic in your search terms, for example, I searched for

First link brought me here: https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=129831.0

Someone in there linked to the page with all the beep codes. Similar problems sometimes yeild similar results. Just an FYI on how to use Google efficiently.

I think everyone found that, but it isn't 1 long 4 short.

As the OP said in his FIRST post.

i tried googleing but found nothing usefull only 1long and 3 short beeps and 1long and 8 short beeps

Also, my google search took me directly to the pdf files linked in that thread because

ami bios beep codes

is a more correct search. (Ya know, if you want to use Google efficiently. )

https://www.google.com/search?q=ami bios beep codes&oq=ami bio&aqs=chrome.0.69i59j69i57j0l3j69i60.1475j0j7&sourceid=chrome&espv=210&es_sm=122&ie=UTF-8

i have very very low end cpu fan/radiator i cant remove fan from radiator and when i removed logo from fan (spire logo) there wasn't anything i could pop out it seems like it was bellow that thing to oil the fan

so it seems like a memory problem,i dont understand why it works just fine btw

and one interesting thing
it's not exactly 1long and 4shorts
its definetly 1long but theres somelike 1 beep which is not exactly short but definetly not long...
im confused
i can upload picture of the my cpu "cooler"

Can you post a recording of the beeps? Curious to hear this not short, but not really long beep.

Last edited: Mar 26, 2014

• #15

Last edited: Mar 26, 2014

• #16

I reckon the motherboard is toast. It could be the CPU too.

1 suggests motherboard or memory, 4 suggests a chip on the motherboard. The common link is motherboard. If you have a spare stick of memory, you could try that too but if you don't, and looking at your system specs, it's time to consider a new CPU, motherboard, and memory.

Last edited: Mar 26, 2014

• #20

The first beep sounds legitimate (could just be POST OK beep too). That...noise...after that seems to add credibility to the motherboard-is-toast theory. All subsequent beeps should have sounded like the first. It almost sounds like it isn't getting enough power to the speaker to fully make the subsequent beeps. Bad capacitor, mayhaps?

• #22

The bios might be bad itself. I had a board do that

• #24

if you cant post with it theres no way you can reflash it, you can however purchase a new bios chip for it with a bios version newer than whats in your board already

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Source: https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/1-long-and-4-short-beeps.199236/

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