Is your gear beeping?

Power on the computer or restart it if it’s already on.

Listen very carefully to the beep codes that sound when the computer begins to boot.

power cycle your computerif you gotta hear the beeping again.

You’re probably not going to make whatever problem you have worse by restarting a few times.

Write down, in whatever way makes sense to you, how the beeps sound.

There’s a big difference between a “beep-beep-beep” and a “beep-beep.”

Figure out what company manufactured theBIOSchip that’s on the motherboard.

If you need help digging up your rig’s manual, go online tofind tech support information.

FAQ

BIOSstands for Basic Input/Output System.

It’s the built-in core processor software responsible for booting up your gear.