RE: AMI BIOS Bleep code

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"Peter" wrote:

> Unpredictable and nasty happenings forced me to change my
> motherboard. The new motherboard has an AMI BIOS which, without any
> system changes being made, sometimes does a short bleep and sometimes
> a long one during startup.
>
> Looking on the net I have found a number lists of AMI BIOS bleep codes
> but none mentions a long single bleep. Please can someone tell me
> what it means? (I have removed and reseated the two 256Mb DIMMs with
> no effect).
>
> The OS is XP Pro, re-installed and activated without query following
> the fitting of the new M\Board, has not shown any symptoms of
> distress.
>
> TIA for any help.
>
> Peter
>
> Also posted at alt.comp.bios
>
>
>
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