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First post, by zwrr

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I have a BEK P407 motherboard, it suddenly doesn't boot properly, the screen doesn't show anything after the power is turned on, the beep is very strange, I tried to change the graphics card, memory, etc., nothing changes.
Can someone please tell me the meaning of this beep code?

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486DLC-40, 386-VC-H, 32MB, GD5429, ES1868F


X5-133, HIPPO-15, 32MB, Riva 128, ES1868F


5x86-120GP, SYL8884, 32MB, Trio64V+, ES1868F


Pentium MMX-233, T2P4, 128MB, TNT2, SB16


Tualatin-1.4G, 694X, 512MB, G400, Voodoo2, SB AWE32

Reply 1 of 4, by Horun

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Sounds like: One long two short then a failure buzz-beep.
Typically a Video error beep code but I would check your PSU to make sure it is providing proper volts before doing anything else -> assuming it all was working properly and re-try the original parts again.

Hate posting a reply and then have to edit it because it made no sense 😁 First computer was an IBM 3270 workstation with CGA monitor. Stuff: https://archive.org/details/@horun

Reply 2 of 4, by NHVintage

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I don't suppose your cmos battery is dying? If you unplug it from power for a little while do you lose your bios settings?

Reply 3 of 4, by zwrr

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Horun wrote on 2023-12-05, 02:50:

Sounds like: One long two short then a failure buzz-beep.
Typically a Video error beep code but I would check your PSU to make sure it is providing proper volts before doing anything else -> assuming it all was working properly and re-try the original parts again.

I tried multiple ISA and PCI graphics cards, Trident 8900C, 9000i, GD5422, S3 Trio 64V+, etc., and nothing changed.

Regarding the PSU, I also replaced it and can confirm that the PSU works fine on other motherboards.

486DLC-40, 386-VC-H, 32MB, GD5429, ES1868F


X5-133, HIPPO-15, 32MB, Riva 128, ES1868F


5x86-120GP, SYL8884, 32MB, Trio64V+, ES1868F


Pentium MMX-233, T2P4, 128MB, TNT2, SB16


Tualatin-1.4G, 694X, 512MB, G400, Voodoo2, SB AWE32

Reply 4 of 4, by zwrr

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NHVintage wrote on 2023-12-05, 03:11:

I don't suppose your cmos battery is dying? If you unplug it from power for a little while do you lose your bios settings?

I tried removing the CR2032 battery and nothing changed, black screen and alarm and that's it.

486DLC-40, 386-VC-H, 32MB, GD5429, ES1868F


X5-133, HIPPO-15, 32MB, Riva 128, ES1868F


5x86-120GP, SYL8884, 32MB, Trio64V+, ES1868F


Pentium MMX-233, T2P4, 128MB, TNT2, SB16


Tualatin-1.4G, 694X, 512MB, G400, Voodoo2, SB AWE32