When your computer beeps at you, pay attention because it's crying out for help—and it's giving you a code you can decipher.

Ignore them for too long, and you might find yourself facing corrupted files, dead components, or even a fried PC. The first time I heard a faint ticking coming from my desktop, I assumed it was one ...

How to Fix a Beeping Computer With a Black Screen. When a personal computer starts, it runs a Power-On Self Test (POST) to check that various hardware components are working correctly.

Sounds play an important role in troubleshooting a computer. Computers have pre-programmed beeps and sounds that notify you of clear hardware issues. Then there are the subtler sounds: a high ...

If your Windows 11 or Windows 10 computer won’t start and emits one short beep when you press the power button, indicating a Memory Refresh Timer Error, then this post provides the most suitable ...

I get a continuous beep when running an old Pentium 200 MMX computer with Windows 95. It doesn't happen until after the computer and OS is up and working. And sometimes it doesn't happen at all. I ...

These beep codes are meant to help identify which computer component is failing or bad. If your beep code is not listed, continue troubleshooting.