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Question posted by mu381194 on January 11th, 2022

It Beeps Four Times And Have A Red Light What Is It's Solution?

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Answer #1: Posted by SonuKumar on January 11th, 2022 7:25 AM

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What does 4 beeps mean on startup?

Some number of short beeps that are sounded by the BIOS upon startup when a memory, cache or processor error is encountered. ... 4 Beeps - Timer FailureTroubleshoot motherboard. 5 Beeps - Processor FailureTroubleshoot CPU, motherboard. 6 Beeps - Keyboard Controller FailureTroubleshoot keyboard, motherboard.

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