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Anyone knows the ASrock bios beep codes? (self.pcmasterrace)

submitted 1 year ago by prettydarknwild to c/pcmasterrace

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Im using an ASrock A520-HDV motherboard, and when i was rebooting my computer to boot it into windows (i have windows 10 and arch linux installed) it showed the grub menu for 1 second and then the screen went totally black, so i pushed the reset button of my case, but when i did that the computer didnt POST and it started to beep 3 consecutive times followed by 1 beep, then stopping and doing it all over again, i reseted the cmpuer with the power supply and it booted normally, but i want to know what those beeps mean, i also checked the motherboard's manual and it doesnt say anything

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[–] prettydarknwild 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

In case the ram is becoming unstable, there is a way to fix it without changin the ram or i have to change it?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you have multiple sticks, you can remove a bad one until you can replace it. Many memory modules have a lifetime warranty so you can often get them replaced by the manufacturer. I don't think there's a scenario where the system will stay stable with a bad stick installed.

[–] prettydarknwild 2 points 1 year ago

i already tested the ram, 0 errors, i think it is something with grub, probably because i configured it to be able to work with secure boot, i already had that problem before (but without the beeps, only the black screen, that was problably because i pressed the reset button too fast and it triggered something) anyway, thank you

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I'd just start by re-seating the sticks and not bother with the memtest gauntlet unless it happens again or your computer starts doing anything else odd. I was having no issues but a single game crashing on me every couple hours once. It took testing the ram a dozen hours before it ever showed itself and I had to loosen my timing a bit to fix it. A one off incident, I wouldn't do anything for.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You can loosen the timings or turn off XMP (which resets your RAM to the guaranteed-stable JDEC timings), which might solve any instability but would lower your RAM performance, but if it's already at JDEC spec and unstable, replacement is your only option.

[–] prettydarknwild 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

i already tested the ram, no errors, it was grub related

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Hey, easy fixes are the best fixes!