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BIOS Recovery Beep Codes
In the case of a Bootblock update, where video is not available for text
messages to be displayed, speaker beeps are necessary to inform the
user of any errors. The following table describes the type of error beep
codes that may occur during the Bootblock update.
BIOS Recovery Beep Codes:
Error
Beeps
message
1
Recovery
started
2
Recovery
boot error
Series of
Recovery
long low-
failed
pitched
single beeps
2 long high-
Recovery
pitched
complete
beeps
POST Progress
Code
Flashing series
of POST codes:
E9h
EEh
EBh
ECh
EFh
EEh
EFh
6 Technical Reference
Description
Start recovery process.
Unable to boot to
floppy, ATAPI, or ATAPI
CD-ROM. Recovery
process will retry.
Unable to process valid
BIOS recovery images.
BIOS already passed
control to operating
system and flash utility.
BIOS recovery
succeeded, ready for
power-down, reboot.
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