POST beep error sound

yuddhidhtir

Wanted to share a problem and its solution. So from the morning a system wont boot, short continous beeps, so thought that its obviously a RAM problem,replaced RAM,changed slots, inserted one RAM at a time still problem persists. Replaced the system(without changing mouse,keyboard,power chords) still the same problem. Changed the power cable, still no. Finally i forgot to connect keyboard, system starts! i know its one of the basic things to disconnect all the devices and connect one at a time but it never came to my mind that a keyboard will cause a system to give POST error in modern systems. And also i am in the field for just 1 and a half years.

Asif Dasl

Always count the beep codes if you can, they can mean something different on each PC though - [link]

(maybe you couldn't because it was continous beeps...)

ratbuddy

Just curious, was it a USB or PS/2 keyboard? Never seen a PS/2 keyboard cause this, but broken USB stuff has caused systems to not boot for me.

wd40

I had the same issue with USB keyboards, usually it is a stuck key.

yuddhidhtir

ratbuddy wrote: »

Just curious, was it a USB or PS/2 keyboard? Never seen a PS/2 keyboard cause this, but broken USB stuff has caused systems to not boot for me.

It was an PS/2 keyboard.

PurpleIT

yuddhidhtir wrote: »

Wanted to share a problem and its solution. So from the morning a system wont boot, short continous beeps

The lack of a pattern to the beeps was the key here. This is an age-old problem and was frequently solved by picking the keyboard up 6 inches and then dropping it to unstick a key.