A Error Messages And Indicators; Front-Panel Power Led Blink And Speaker Beep Codes - Intel DH61AG Product Manual

A Error Messages and Indicators

This appendix describes error messages generated by the Desktop Board's BIOS. The
BIOS indicates these error messages with LED blink codes, speaker beep codes, and
by text displayed on the PC monitor.
Front-panel Power LED Blink and Speaker
Beep Codes
Whenever a recoverable error occurs during POST, the BIOS provides basic status and
error messages through front-panel power LED blink codes (Table 16) as well as
through audible beep codes (Table 17).
Table 16. BIOS Front-panel Power LED Blink Codes
Type
F2 Setup/F10 Boot
Menu Prompt
BIOS update in
progress
Video error (no add-
in graphics card
installed)
Memory error
Thermal trip warning
Pattern
None
Off when the update begins, then on for
0.5 second, then off for 0.5 second. The
pattern repeats until the BIOS update is
complete.
On-off (0.5 second each) two times, then a
3.0-second pause (off), the entire pattern
repeats (blink and pause) until the system
is powered off.
On-off (0.5 second each) three times, then
a 3.0-second pause (off), the entire pattern
repeats (blinks and pause) until the system
is powered off.
Each beep will be accompanied by the
following blink pattern: .25 seconds on,
.25 seconds off, .25 seconds on, .25
seconds off. This results in a total of
32 blinks.
Note
For processors requiring
an add-in graphics card
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