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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:
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1 | Recovery |
| Start recovery process. | |
| started |
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2 | Recovery | Flashing series | Unable to boot to | |
| boot error | of POST codes: | floppy, ATAPI, or ATAPI | |
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| E9h | ||
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| EEh | process will retry. | |
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| EBh |
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| ECh |
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| EFh |
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Series of | Recovery | EEh | Unable to process valid | |
long low- | failed |
| BIOS recovery images. | |
pitched |
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| BIOS already passed | |
single beeps |
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| control to operating | |
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| system and flash utility. | |
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2 long high- | Recovery | EFh | BIOS recovery | |
pitched | complete |
| succeeded, ready for | |
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