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Memory Problem found using a POST code reader
Just got one of those POST code reader thingies, and I've already tried it
with a troublesome ECS K7VTA3. This board gives continuous long beeps (with 3 second gaps) when switched on, which I 'THINK' means a memory problem (or memory sockets problem) according to the Award BIOS beep code translations I'd already seen. The card gives the code 'C1' which maps to the error: "OEM specific - Test to size on-board memory". So I was right to suspect memory, but what's this 'on-board' memory. Sounds like a gfx thing, but there is no built in gfx. Can anyone shed any light on this please? |
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"Li'l ol' me" wrote in message
... Just got one of those POST code reader thingies, and I've already tried it with a troublesome ECS K7VTA3. This board gives continuous long beeps (with 3 second gaps) when switched on, which I 'THINK' means a memory problem (or memory sockets problem) according to the Award BIOS beep code translations I'd already seen. The card gives the code 'C1' which maps to the error: "OEM specific - Test to size on-board memory". So I was right to suspect memory, but what's this 'on-board' memory. Sounds like a gfx thing, but there is no built in gfx. Can anyone shed any light on this please? Quick update: I think this is actually a phoenix BIOS (whoops!). The C1 code is the same, but after resetting the CMOS I've lost all the beeps (never lost 'em last time I did that!). C1 on phoenix means "initialise POST Error Manager (PEM)" apparently. |
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