Deciphering PC beep codes

[attonbitusira]

So I have this IBM 8086-W4C desktop I'm trying to set up for one of our employees. It was sitting for a while so who knows if it's working or not.

Anyway, I turn it on and it goes:

Beep (pause) Beep Beep Beep (pause) Beep Beep Beep (pause) Beep

Then refuses to do anything else. Nothing comes on screen.

Any ideas?

[Broli's Mom]

http://www.pchell.com/hardware/beepcodes.shtml

according to the above link, there is a problem with the graphics adapter

[attonbitusira]

No. That's 1 long, 3 short.

This is 1 short (pause) 3 short (pause) 3 short (pause) 1 short.

This link leads me to believe its "28 autosize DRAM" issue. Whatever that means.

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