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I945P-A7 CHAPTER 4: USEFUL HELP 4.1 AWARD BIOS BEEP CODE Beep Sound One long beep followed by two short beeps High-low siren sound One Short beep when system boot-up Long beeps every other second Meaning Video card not found or video card memory bad CPU overheated System will shut down automatically No error found during POST No DRAM detected or install 4.2 EXTRA 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 boo-up to DOS prompt. 7. Type "Awdflash xxxx.bf/sn/py/r" in DOS prompt. 8. System will update BIOS automatically and restart. 9. The BIOS has been recovered and will work properly. 23

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I945P-A7
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CHAPTER 4: USEFUL HELP
4.1
A
WARD
BIOS
B
EEP
C
ODE
Beep Sound
Meaning
One long beep followed by two short
beeps
Video card not found or video card
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
4.2
E
XTRA
I
NFORMATION
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 boo-up to DOS prompt.
7.
Type
“Awdflash xxxx.bf/sn/py/r”
in DOS prompt.
8.
System will update BIOS automatically and restart.
9.
The BIOS has been recovered and will work properly.