[comp.sys.ibm.pc] Compaq 286e beep answer

scottn@cpqhou.UUCP (Scott Nesbitt) (01/03/90)

Any beeps in excess of the two short ones indicate an error.
In this case, the three long beeps mean that the BIST, or
built in self test, failed.  I advise you to run full Compaq
diags.