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AWARD Beep Codes and Screen Massages for BIOS V4.5x


   POST Messages

   Tritt whrend des POST-Vorgangs ein Fehler auf, der eine Aktion des 
   Anwenders erfordert, erscheint folgende Meldung auf dem Bildschirm:

     PRESS F1 TO CONTINUE, CTRL-ALT-ESC OR DEL TO ENTER SETUP

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   POST Beep

   Das AWARD BIOS kennt z. Zt. nur einen einzigen "echten" Beep Code: 
   lang-kurz-kurz. Dieser zeigt an, da ein Fehler beim Initialisieren des 
   Videocontrollers aufgetreten ist und daher keine Bildschirmmeldungen 
   angezeigt werden knnen.

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   POST Screen Messages


 - CMOS BATTERY HAS FAILED
   CMOS battery is no longer functional. It should be replaced. 

 - CMOS CHECKSUM ERROR 
   Checksum of CMOS is incorrect. This can indicate that CMOS has become 
   corrupt. This error may have been caused by a weak battery. Check the 
   battery and replace if necessary.

 - DISK BOOT FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS <ENTER>
   No boot device was found. This could mean that either a boot drive was 
   not detected or the drive does not contain proper system boot files. 
   Insert a system disk into Drive A: and press Enter. If you assumed the 
   system would boot from the hard drive, make sure the controller is 
   inserted correctly and all cables are properly attached. Also be sure 
   the disk is formatted as a boot device. Then reboot the system.

 - DISKETTE DRIVES OR TYPES MISMATCH ERROR - RUN SETUP
   Type of diskette drive installed in the system is different from the 
   CMOS definition. Run Setup to reconfigure the drive type correctly.

 - DISPLAY SWITCH IS SET INCORRECTLY
   Display switch on the motherboard can be set to either monochrome or 
   color. This indicates the switch is set to a different setting than 
   indicated in Setup. Determine which setting is correct, and then either 
   turn off the system and change the jumper, or enter Setup and change 
   the VIDEO selection.

 - DISPLAY TYPE HAS CHANGED SINCE LAST BOOT 
   Since last powering off the system, the display adapter has been changed.
   You must configure the system for the new display type.

 - ERROR ENCOUNTERED INITIALIZING HARD DRIVE
   Hard drive cannot be initialized. Be sure the adapter is installed 
   correctly and all cables are correctly and firmly attached. Also be sure 
   the correct hard drive type is selected in Setup. 

 - ERROR INITIALIZING HARD DISK CONTROLLER 
   Cannot initialize controller. Make sure the cord is correctly and firmly 
   installed in the bus. Be sure the correct hard drive type is selected in 
   Setup. Also check to see if any jumper needs to be set correctly on the 
   hard drive.

 - FLOPPY DISK CNTRLR ERROR OR NO CNTRLR PRESENT
   Cannot find or initialize the floppy drive controller. make sure the 
   controller is installed correctly and firmly. If there are no floppy 
   drives installed, be sure the Diskette Drive selection in Setup is set 
   to NONE.

 - KEYBOARD ERROR OR NO KEYBOARD PRESENT
   Cannot initialize the keyboard. Make sure the keyboard is attached 
   correctly and no keys are being pressed during the boot. If you are 
   purposely configuring the system without a keyboard, set the error halt
   condition in Setup to HALT ON ALL, BUT KEYBOARD. This causes the BIOS 
   to ignore the missing keyboard and continue the boot. 

 - MEMORY ADDRESS ERROR AT ... 
   Indicates a memory address error at a specific location. You can use 
   this location along with the memory map for your system to find and 
   replace the bad memory chips. 

 - MEMORY PARITY ERROR AT ... 
   Indicates a memory parity error at a specific location. You can use
   this location along with the memory map for your system to find and 
   replace the bad memory chips.

 - MEMORY SIZE HAS CHANGED SINCE LAST BOOT 
   Memory has been added or removed since the last boot. In EISA mode use 
   Configuration Utility to reconfigure the memory configuration. In ISA 
   mode enter Setup and enter the new memory size in the memory fields. 

 - MEMORY VERIFY ERROR AT ... 
   Indicates an error verifying a value already written to memory. Use the 
   location along with your system's memory map to locate the bad chip. 

 - OFFENDING ADDRESS NOT FOUND 
   This message is used in conjunction with the I/O CHANNEL CHECK and RAM 
   PARITY ERROR messages when the segment that has caused the problem
   cannot be isolated. 

 - OFFENDING SEGMENT: 
   This message is used in conjunction with the I/O CHANNEL CHECK and RAM 
   PARITY ERROR messages when the segment that has caused the problem has 
   been isolated.

 - PRESS A KEY TO REBOOT 
   This message appears at the bottom of the screen when an error occurs 
   that requires you to reboot. Press any key to reboot the system. 

 - PRESS F1 TO DISABLE NMI, F2 TO REBOOT
   When BIOS detects a non-maskable Interrupt condition during boot, you 
   can disable the NMI and continue to boot, or you can reboot the system 
   with the NMI enabled.

 - RAM PARITY ERROR - CHECKING FOR SEGMENT ... 
   Indicates a parity error in Random Access Memory. 

 - SYSTEM HALTED, (CTRL-ALT-DEL) TO REBOOT ... 
   Indicates the present boot attempt has been aborted and the system must 
   be rebooted. Press and hold down the CTRL and ALT keys and press DEL.

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   Die folgenden Meldungen knnen bei EISA Systemen zustzlich zu den 
   oben beschriebenen auftreten. Das System bootet dann im ISA Mode, um 
   den Aufruf des EISA Configuration Utility zu ermglichen.

 - EISA Configuration Checksum Error
   PLEASE RUN EISA CONFIGURATION UTILITY
   The Eisa non-volatile RAM checksum is incorrect or cannot correctly 
   read the EISA slot. This can indicate either the EISA non-volatile 
   memory has become corrupt or the slot has been configured incorrectly. 
   Also be surethe card is is installed firmly in the slot.

 - EISA Configuration Is Not Complete
   PLEASE RUN EISA CONFIGURATION UTILITY
   The slot configuration information stored in the EISA non-volatile 
   memory is incomplete.

 - Invalid EISA Configuration
   PLEASE RUN EISA CONFIGURATION UTILITY
   The non-volatile memory containing EISA configuration information was
   programmed incorrectly or has become corrupt. Re-run EISA Configuration 
   Utility to correctly program memory.

 - Should Be Empty But EISA Board Found
   PLEASE RUN EISA CONFIGURATION UTILITY
   A valid board ID was found in a slot that was configured as having no 
   board ID.

 - Should Have EISA Board But Not Found
   PLEASE RUN EISA CONFIGURATION UTILITY
   The board installed is not responding to the ID request, or no board ID
   has been found in the indicated slot.

 - Slot Not Empty
   PLEASE RUN EISA CONFIGURATION UTILITY
   Indicates that a slot designated as empty by the EISA Configuration 
   Utility actually contains a board.

 - Wrong Board In Slot
   PLEASE RUN EISA CONFIGURATION UTILITY
   The board ID does not match the ID stored in the EISA non-volatile 
   memory.

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