What is the reason for a child to start crying? Well, you can come up with many different answers but the simplest answer to the question would be probably he needs some attention for one of his problems. Your computer is just like that. Whenever it encounters one of the hardware PC errors or BIOS errors while performing the Power ON Self Test, it starts beeping to attract your attention. Beep codes are used by the BIOS during the POST to report certain initial system errors. If you’re hearing beep codes after you turn your computer on, it typically means that the system has encountered some kind of problem before it was able to display any kind of error information on the monitor. A beep Code is a an audible code generated during the power on self test when the BIOS encounters a problem but has not booted far enough to display a POST error message on the monitor. Every major BIOS manufacturer has a unique set of beep codes that can be generated during their POSTs. If you have misplaced the owner’s manual there is no need to fret as many manufacturers take care of posting this very useful beep codes on their website. They carefully listen to the pattern of short beeps, long beeps and sometimes the mixture of short and long beeps. They try to count the number of beeps and to be sure about the pattern of beeps you will find them restarting your computer for number of times.
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