No BIOS beep codes on my new ASUS motherboard

Hey everyone..

I have a quick question for you all.
I'm working with a new ASUS motherboard.
Everything is hooked up correctly, the PC is running fine, and I just finished a clean install of Windows XP sp3.
The build is solid, everything seems perfect, but there's one thing... I don't hear that initial BEEP from the motherboard when I boot up. WHY?
What could be going on here?

It hasn't made a sound since the very first time I powered it on...

The case speaker isn't connected properly, or perhaps the connection was just missed entirely during assembly.

I've run out of cables to plug in, and I can't seem to find any more speakers to hook up... yet the rest of the audio is coming through just fine.
Everything else seems to be working perfectly.

Inside the chassis, you will find a small connector on the motherboard designed specifically for the internal system speaker, which typically features two distinct wires—usually one red and one black. Could it be possible that this connection has become loose or was never properly seated? I would strongly suggest verifying that everything is plugged in correctly, or perhaps if you aren't entirely comfortable navigating the internal components, you might consider asking a friend to take a quick look for you just to be safe.

Susan Lee67 said:Inside the chassis, you will find a small connector on the motherboard designed specifically for the internal system speaker, which typically features two distinct wires—usually one red and one black. Could it be possible that this connection has become loose or was never properly seated? I would strongly suggest verifying that everything is plugged in correctly, or perhaps if you aren't entirely comfortable navigating the internal components, you might consider asking a friend to take a quick look for you just to be safe.

Problem solved!
I ended up pulling the speaker off my old board and hooking it up to the new one, and now everything is working perfectly... I've even got those BIOS beep codes again!
Thanks everyone for the help.🙂

shadowpanther0 said:Hey everyone..

I have a quick question for you all.
I'm working with a new ASUS motherboard.
Everything is hooked up correctly, the PC is running fine, and I just finished a clean install of Windows XP sp3.
The build is solid, everything seems perfect, but there's one thing... I don't hear that initial BEEP from the motherboard when I boot up. WHY?
What could be going on here?

It hasn't made a sound since the very first time I powered it on...

From what I can tell, it uses a Phoenix Technologies BIOS, so it might not even be supposed to beep. But, I mean, who knows, maybe it should.

Phoenix Technologies BIOS beep codes

Here are some Phoenix Technologies BIOS beep codes that sometimes pop up. Just a heads up though, since so many different PC makers use this BIOS, those codes might change depending on the brand.
Beep Code Descriptions
1 short DRAM refresh failure
2 short Parity circuit failure
3 short Base 64K RAM failure
4 short System timer failure
5 short Process failure
6 short BIOS error code
7 short Virtual mode exception error
8 short Display memory Read/Write test failure
9 short ROM BIOS checksum failure
10 short CMOS shutdown Read/Write error
11 short Cache Memory error
1 long, 3 short Conventional/Extended memory failure
1 long, 8 short Display/Retrace test failed

http://www.computerhope.com/beep.htm

No, actually, that is simply a list of the various beep codes used to signal an error or a hardware malfunction