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F. BIOS SETUP ERROR CODES
F.1 POST
B
EEP
POST beep codes are defined in the BIOS to provide low level tone indication when an
error occurs during the BIOS initialization.
Beep codes consist of a combination of long and short beeps. They are described as
follows:
Beep Codes
Post code
Beep Code
Description
41
**-*
Enterring the boot block recovery code (i.e. Main BIOS
checksum error)
22
*-*-*
Error when getting the boot block flash ID code
33
*-*-*-*
Error when erasing the boot block flash
44
*-*-*-*-*
Error when programming the boot block flash
55
*-*
Success of the boot block recovery code. The board is ready
to be manually reset.
Legend
* = 1 Short beep code, ** = 1 Long beep code, - = Silence
F.2 POST
M
ESSAGES
During the Power On Self Test (POST), if the BIOS detects an error requiring you to do
something to fix, it will either sound a beep code or display a message.
If a message is displayed, it will be accompanied by:
“PRESS F1 TO CONTINUE, DEL TO ENTER SETUP”.
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