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BIOS Recovery Beep Codes
Table 9. BIOS Recovery Beep Codes
Beeps
Reason
One long beep – video is active.
1
One long beep and two short beeps: Insert the BIOS recovery diskette.
1-2
An error or warning condition at boot can result in a series of beeps being issued known as "beep
codes. These beeps have a code that identifies system or PCI card events. For example, some Intel
RAID cards have beep codes. Before checking for a system beep code error make sure the PCI card
is not causing the beeping.
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 errors.
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