HP E1Y97UT 11.6' E1Y97UT#ABA manual Duration of each beep or pause is defined below

Table 10-2Diagnostic Audible Codes (continued)

Beep Definition	Possible Cause	Recommended Action
2 short beeps and 1 long beep	Graphics card initialization	1.	Reseat the graphics card.
followed by long pause	failed.	2.	Replace the graphics card.
		3.	Replace the system board.
3 short beeps and 1 long beep	CPU configuration error or	1.	Reseat the processor.
followed by long pause	invalid CPU detected before	2.	Replace the processor.
	graphics card initialized.
		3.	Replace the system board.
One short beep followed by short	No legacy floppy drive or	1.	Reseat floppy or optical drive.
pause	optical drive found.	2.	Replace floppy or optical drive.
Two short beeps followed by long	No floppy diskette or CD	Insert diskette or CD.
pause	found.
OR
One short beep followed by long
pause
Three short beeps followed by long	Flashing not ready (missing	Flash the BIOS with the proper BIOS flash utility
pause	utility or BIOS image file, etc.)	available from HP.
Four short beeps followed by long	Flashing operation has failed	Flash the BIOS with the proper BIOS flash utility
pause	(checksum error, corrupted	available from HP.
	image, etc.)
Five short beeps followed by long	BIOS Recovery was	No action required.
pause	successful.

The duration of each beep or pause is defined below.

Beep/Pause Type	Action
Short Beep	Beeps for 1 second.
Short Pause	Pauses for 1 second.
Long Beep	Beeps for 3 seconds.
Long Pause	Pauses for 3 seconds.

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