P4M800 Pro-M7

CHAPTER 4: USEFUL HELP

4.1

AWARD BIOS BEEP CODE

 

 

 

Beep Sound

Meaning

 

One long beep followed by two short

Video card not found or video card

 

beeps

memory bad

 

High-low siren sound

CPU overheated

 

 

 

System will shut down automatically

 

One Short beep when system boot-up

No error found during POST

 

Long beeps every other second

No DRAM detected or install

4.2EXTRA INFORMATION

A.BIOS Update

After you fail to update BIOS or BIOS is invaded by virus, the Boot-Block function will help to restore BIOS. If the following message is shown after boot-up the system, it means the BIOS contents are corrupted.

In this Case, please follow the procedure below to restore the BIOS:

1.Make a bootable floppy disk.

2.Download the Flash Utility “AWDFLASH.exe” from the Biostar website: www.biostar.com.tw

3.Confirm motherboard model and download the respectively BIOS from Biostar website.

4.Copy “AWDFLASH.exe” and respectively BIOS into floppy disk.

5.Insert the bootable disk into floppy drive and press Enter.

6.System will boot-up to DOS prompt.

7.Type “Awdflash xxxx.bf/sn/py/r” in DOS prompt. (xxxx means BIOS name.)

8.System will update BIOS automatically and restart.

9.The BIOS has been recovered and will work properly.

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BioStar P4M800 manual Bios Update, Award Bios Beep Code, Extra Information