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Sandra, an expert computer user, hears five beeps while booting her computer, which has AMI BIOS; and after that, her computer stops responding. Sandra knows that during the booting process, POST…
The correct answer is A. Processor failure. POST AMI BIOS produces five beep codes whenever there is a problem of processor failure. The different beep codes of POST AMI BIOS are as follows: 1 beep - Memory refresh timer error 2 beeps - Parity error in base memory (first 64 KB block) 3 beeps - Base memory read/write test…
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Sandra, an expert computer user, hears five beeps while booting her computer, which has AMI BIOS; and after that, her computer stops responding. Sandra knows that during the booting process, POST produces different beep codes for different types of errors. Which of the following errors refers to this POST beep code?
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- AProcessor failure
- BDisplay memory error
- CMotherboard timer not operational
- DCache memory test failed
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(34 responses)- A91% (31)
- C6% (2)
- D3% (1)
Explanation
POST AMI BIOS produces five beep codes whenever there is a problem of processor failure. The different beep codes of POST AMI BIOS are as follows: 1 beep - Memory refresh timer error 2 beeps - Parity error in base memory (first 64 KB block) 3 beeps - Base memory read/write test error 4 beeps - Motherboard timer not operational 5 beeps - Processor failure 6 beeps - 8042 Gate A20 test error (cannot switch to protected mode) 7 beeps - General exception error (processor exception interrupt error) 8 beeps - Display memory error (system video adapter) 9 beeps - AMI BIOS ROM checksum error 10 beeps - CMOS shutdown register read/write error 11 beeps - Cache memory test failed Answer: C, B, and D are incorrect. All these errors have different POST AMI BIOS beep codes.
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