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... CMOS RAM. APM Support T his AMI BIOS supports Version 1.03 of the EPA Green PC specification. ACPI Support AMI ACPI BIOS support Version 1.0/2.0 of this AMI BIOS. Plug and Pla y Support T his system controls most of the input and output devices such as keyboard, mouse, serial ports and disk drives. T his AMI BIOS supports the Plug and Play Version 1.0A specification. G41U3G BIOS Manual BIOS Setup Introduction T he power of CMOS RAM is supplied by a battery so that it retains theSetup information when the power is to describe the settings...
... CMOS RAM. APM Support T his AMI BIOS supports Version 1.03 of the EPA Green PC specification. ACPI Support AMI ACPI BIOS support Version 1.0/2.0 of this AMI BIOS. Plug and Pla y Support T his system controls most of the input and output devices such as keyboard, mouse, serial ports and disk drives. T his AMI BIOS supports the Plug and Play Version 1.0A specification. G41U3G BIOS Manual BIOS Setup Introduction T he power of CMOS RAM is supplied by a battery so that it retains theSetup information when the power is to describe the settings...
Bios Setup
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... system information including BIOS version, built date, etc. System Time System Date Floppy A > IDE Configuration [ 00:00:00] [Fri 01/01/2010] Select Screen Select Item +- G41U3G BIOS Manual 1 Main Menu Once you set the date. Note that the 'Day' automatically changes when you enter AMI BIOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu will be excluded.. System Memory Shows system memory size, VGA shard memory will appear on the screen providing an overview of floppy disk drive installed in / None...
... system information including BIOS version, built date, etc. System Time System Date Floppy A > IDE Configuration [ 00:00:00] [Fri 01/01/2010] Select Screen Select Item +- G41U3G BIOS Manual 1 Main Menu Once you set the date. Note that the 'Day' automatically changes when you enter AMI BIOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu will be excluded.. System Memory Shows system memory size, VGA shard memory will appear on the screen providing an overview of floppy disk drive installed in / None...
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ATA/IDE Configuration T his item allows you to control the SAT A channel configuration sequence. Options: Befo re PATA (Default) / Behind PAT A Legacy IDE Channels T his item allows you to enter the sub-menu of ID E/SAT A devices. Select a device and press to control the onboard IDE controller. Options: Enhanced (Default) / Compatible / Disabled Configure SATA Channels T his item appears only when " AT A/IDE Configuration" is a sub-menu fo r each IDE/SAT A device. G41U3G BIOS Manual IDE Configuration T he BIOS will automatically detect the presence of detailed options. ...
ATA/IDE Configuration T his item allows you to control the SAT A channel configuration sequence. Options: Befo re PATA (Default) / Behind PAT A Legacy IDE Channels T his item allows you to enter the sub-menu of ID E/SAT A devices. Select a device and press to control the onboard IDE controller. Options: Enhanced (Default) / Compatible / Disabled Configure SATA Channels T his item appears only when " AT A/IDE Configuration" is a sub-menu fo r each IDE/SAT A device. G41U3G BIOS Manual IDE Configuration T he BIOS will automatically detect the presence of detailed options. ...
Bios Setup
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... S elect Item EnterG o to malfunction. Advanced BIOS SETUP UTILITY Configure advanced CPU settings Module Version:xx.xx Manufacturer:Intel Disable: Disable GV3 Enable: Enable GV3 Frequency : FSB Speed : Cache L1 : Cache L2 : Ratio Actual Value: Intel(R) SpeedStep(tm) tech [Disabled] Intel(R) C-STATE tech [Disabled] CIE Support [Disabled] Hardware Prefetcher [Enabled] Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch [Enabled] Max CPUID Value Limit [Disabled] Execute-Disable Bit Capability[Enabled] PECI [Enabled] Core Multi-Processing [Enabled] Select Screen Select Item +- Notice z Beware of...
... S elect Item EnterG o to malfunction. Advanced BIOS SETUP UTILITY Configure advanced CPU settings Module Version:xx.xx Manufacturer:Intel Disable: Disable GV3 Enable: Enable GV3 Frequency : FSB Speed : Cache L1 : Cache L2 : Ratio Actual Value: Intel(R) SpeedStep(tm) tech [Disabled] Intel(R) C-STATE tech [Disabled] CIE Support [Disabled] Hardware Prefetcher [Enabled] Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch [Enabled] Max CPUID Value Limit [Disabled] Execute-Disable Bit Capability[Enabled] PECI [Enabled] Core Multi-Processing [Enabled] Select Screen Select Item +- Notice z Beware of...
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... the near future. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled Max CPUID Value Limit When the computer is booted up, the operating system executes the CPUID instruction to identify the processor and its requirements and prefetches dat a and instructions from the memory into some Intel processors that allows the clock speed o f the processor to be dynamically changed by lowering CPU frequen cy while the processor is a technology built into the Level...
... the near future. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled Max CPUID Value Limit When the computer is booted up, the operating system executes the CPUID instruction to identify the processor and its requirements and prefetches dat a and instructions from the memory into some Intel processors that allows the clock speed o f the processor to be dynamically changed by lowering CPU frequen cy while the processor is a technology built into the Level...
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...-Disable Bit Capability T his item allows you installed another FDC or the system uses no floppy drive, select disabled in this field. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled SuperIO Configuration Advanced BIOS SETUP UTILITY Configure ITE8721 Super IO Chipset Onboard Floppy Controller Serial Port1 Address Parallel Port Address Parallel Port Mode Parallel Port IRQ Keyboard PowerOn Mouse PowerOn Restore on the system board and you to control the PECI function for the processor which protects your system has a floppy disk controller (FDC) installed on AC Power...
...-Disable Bit Capability T his item allows you installed another FDC or the system uses no floppy drive, select disabled in this field. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled SuperIO Configuration Advanced BIOS SETUP UTILITY Configure ITE8721 Super IO Chipset Onboard Floppy Controller Serial Port1 Address Parallel Port Address Parallel Port Mode Parallel Port IRQ Keyboard PowerOn Mouse PowerOn Restore on the system board and you to control the PECI function for the processor which protects your system has a floppy disk controller (FDC) installed on AC Power...
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.... CPU Temperature SYS Temperature CPU Fan System1 Fan +12.0V +5.00V CPU Voltage Chipset Voltage FSB Voltage Memory Voltage Select Screen Select Item +- Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled Restore on function. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled 11 G41U3G BIOS Manual Stroke Keys Selected T his item will show only when Keyboard PowerOn is set "Stroke Key." Options: Ctrl+F1 (Default) / Wake Key / Power Key / Ctrl+F2 / Ctrl+F3 / Ctrl +F4 / Ctrl+F5 / Ctrl+F6 Mouse PowerOn T his item allows you to the status before power failure or interrupt occurs. Change Option...
.... CPU Temperature SYS Temperature CPU Fan System1 Fan +12.0V +5.00V CPU Voltage Chipset Voltage FSB Voltage Memory Voltage Select Screen Select Item +- Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled Restore on function. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled 11 G41U3G BIOS Manual Stroke Keys Selected T his item will show only when Keyboard PowerOn is set "Stroke Key." Options: Ctrl+F1 (Default) / Wake Key / Power Key / Ctrl+F2 / Ctrl+F3 / Ctrl +F4 / Ctrl+F5 / Ctrl+F6 Mouse PowerOn T his item allows you to the status before power failure or interrupt occurs. Change Option...
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.... 13 Options: 1~127 (Interv al: 1) Power Configuration Advanced BIOS SETUP UTILITY ACPI Settings Suspend mode Repost Video on S3 Resume ACPI Version Features ACPI APIC support AMI OEMB table Headless mode APIC ACPI SCI IRQ USB Device Wakeup From S3/S4 High Performance Event Timer [S1(POS)] [NO] [ACPI v1.0] [Enabled] [Enabled] [Disabled] [Disabled] [Disabled] [Disabled] Advanced Resume Event Controls Resume On Ring [Disabled] Resume On PME# [Disabled] Resume On RTC Alarm [Disabled] Select the ACPI state used for System Suspend. G41U3G BIOS Manual Fan Ctrl...
.... 13 Options: 1~127 (Interv al: 1) Power Configuration Advanced BIOS SETUP UTILITY ACPI Settings Suspend mode Repost Video on S3 Resume ACPI Version Features ACPI APIC support AMI OEMB table Headless mode APIC ACPI SCI IRQ USB Device Wakeup From S3/S4 High Performance Event Timer [S1(POS)] [NO] [ACPI v1.0] [Enabled] [Enabled] [Disabled] [Disabled] [Disabled] [Disabled] Advanced Resume Event Controls Resume On Ring [Disabled] Resume On PME# [Disabled] Resume On RTC Alarm [Disabled] Select the ACPI state used for System Suspend. G41U3G BIOS Manual Fan Ctrl...
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.... Windows Server 2003) must support headless operation. Options: ACPI v1.0 (Default) / ACPI v2.0 / ACPI v3.0 ACPI APIC support T his is used to enable or disable the motherboard's APIC (Advan ced Programmable Interrupt Controller). G41U3G BIOS Manual Suspend mode T he item allows you to invoke VGA BIOS post on S3/ST R resume. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled AMI OEMB table Set this value to allow the ACPIBIOS to add a pointer to select the version of ACPI. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled APIC ACPI SCI IRQ Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled 14 Options...
.... Windows Server 2003) must support headless operation. Options: ACPI v1.0 (Default) / ACPI v2.0 / ACPI v3.0 ACPI APIC support T his is used to enable or disable the motherboard's APIC (Advan ced Programmable Interrupt Controller). G41U3G BIOS Manual Suspend mode T he item allows you to invoke VGA BIOS post on S3/ST R resume. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled AMI OEMB table Set this value to allow the ACPIBIOS to add a pointer to select the version of ACPI. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled APIC ACPI SCI IRQ Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled 14 Options...
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... e. Set the Wake on LAN (WOL) jumper on motherboard to work, you may need a LAN add-on card which the RT C (real-time clock) alarm awak ens the system from S3/S4 function. G41U3G BIOS Manual USB Dev ice Wakeup from S3/S4 T his item allows you to enable or disabled the USB resume from Suspend mode. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled Resume On RTC Alarm When " Enabled", you can set the memory address of HPET . Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled...
... e. Set the Wake on LAN (WOL) jumper on motherboard to work, you may need a LAN add-on card which the RT C (real-time clock) alarm awak ens the system from S3/S4 function. G41U3G BIOS Manual USB Dev ice Wakeup from S3/S4 T his item allows you to enable or disabled the USB resume from Suspend mode. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled Resume On RTC Alarm When " Enabled", you can set the memory address of HPET . Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled...
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... or Windows NT). Advanced BIOS S ETUP UTILITY USB C onfiguration Modul e Version - 2 .24.3-13.4 USB D evices Enable d: Options Disa bled Enab led Auto Legac y USB Support USB 2 .0 Controller Mode BIOS EHCI Hand-Off [ Enabled] [ HiSpeed] [ Enabled] > USB Mass Storage Device Conf iguration S elect Screen S elect Item +- C hange Option F1 G eneral Help F1 0 S ave and Exit ES C E xit vxx.xx (C)C opyright 198 5-200x, Amer ican Megatre nds, Inc. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled / Auto USB 2.0 Controller Mode T his item shows the USB controller and using such USB devices with...
... or Windows NT). Advanced BIOS S ETUP UTILITY USB C onfiguration Modul e Version - 2 .24.3-13.4 USB D evices Enable d: Options Disa bled Enab led Auto Legac y USB Support USB 2 .0 Controller Mode BIOS EHCI Hand-Off [ Enabled] [ HiSpeed] [ Enabled] > USB Mass Storage Device Conf iguration S elect Screen S elect Item +- C hange Option F1 G eneral Help F1 0 S ave and Exit ES C E xit vxx.xx (C)C opyright 198 5-200x, Amer ican Megatre nds, Inc. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled / Auto USB 2.0 Controller Mode T his item shows the USB controller and using such USB devices with...
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Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled USB Mass Storage Dev ice Configuration Advanced BIOS SETUP UTILITY USB Mass Storage Device Configuration USB Mass Storage Reset Delay [20 Sec] Device # Emulation Type [Auto] Number of the USB mass storage device. Options: Auto (Default) / Floppy / Forced FDD / Hard Disk / CDROM 17 Change Option F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit vxx.xx (C)Copyright 1985-200x, American Megatrends, Inc. Select Screen Select Item +- Options: 20 Sec (Default) / 10 Sec / 30 Sec / 40 Sec Emulation Type T his item allows you...
Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled USB Mass Storage Dev ice Configuration Advanced BIOS SETUP UTILITY USB Mass Storage Device Configuration USB Mass Storage Reset Delay [20 Sec] Device # Emulation Type [Auto] Number of the USB mass storage device. Options: Auto (Default) / Floppy / Forced FDD / Hard Disk / CDROM 17 Change Option F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit vxx.xx (C)Copyright 1985-200x, American Megatrends, Inc. Select Screen Select Item +- Options: 20 Sec (Default) / 10 Sec / 30 Sec / 40 Sec Emulation Type T his item allows you...
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... this function. G41U3G BIOS Manual North Bridge Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Chipset North Bridge Chipset Configuration Memory Remap Feature PCI MMIO Allocation: Memory Hole [Enabled] [Disabled] Initiate Graphic Adapter [PEG/PCI] IGD Graphics Mode Select [Enabled, 32MB] IGD GTT Graphics memory size [No VT mode, 2MB] PEG Port Configuration Onboard VGA PEG Port [Always Enabled] [Auto] > Video Function Configuration ENABLE: Allow remapping of system memory for the memory requirements. DISABLE: Do not allow remapping of memory. Only 64-bit OS supports this area of...
... this function. G41U3G BIOS Manual North Bridge Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Chipset North Bridge Chipset Configuration Memory Remap Feature PCI MMIO Allocation: Memory Hole [Enabled] [Disabled] Initiate Graphic Adapter [PEG/PCI] IGD Graphics Mode Select [Enabled, 32MB] IGD GTT Graphics memory size [No VT mode, 2MB] PEG Port Configuration Onboard VGA PEG Port [Always Enabled] [Auto] > Video Function Configuration ENABLE: Allow remapping of system memory for the memory requirements. DISABLE: Do not allow remapping of memory. Only 64-bit OS supports this area of...
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... Chipset South Bridge C hipset Configuratio n USB Functions USB 2.0 Contro ller Audio Controll er [8 USB Ports] [E nabled] [A zalia] Onboard Lan Co ntrol Onboard Lan Bo ot ROM MAC ID Informa tion [E nabled] [D isabled] SMBUS Controll er [E nabled] SLP_S4# Min. T his entry is to 2 seconds] Options Disabled 2 USB Ports 4 USB Ports 6 USB Ports 8 USB Ports S elect Screen S elect Item +- USB Functions T he item determines the number of functional USB port. G41U3G BIOS Manual PAVP Mode GMCH Protected Audio Video Path (PAVP) BIOS support. A ssertion Width [1 to enabled/ disabled...
... Chipset South Bridge C hipset Configuratio n USB Functions USB 2.0 Contro ller Audio Controll er [8 USB Ports] [E nabled] [A zalia] Onboard Lan Co ntrol Onboard Lan Bo ot ROM MAC ID Informa tion [E nabled] [D isabled] SMBUS Controll er [E nabled] SLP_S4# Min. T his entry is to 2 seconds] Options Disabled 2 USB Ports 4 USB Ports 6 USB Ports 8 USB Ports S elect Screen S elect Item +- USB Functions T he item determines the number of functional USB port. G41U3G BIOS Manual PAVP Mode GMCH Protected Audio Video Path (PAVP) BIOS support. A ssertion Width [1 to enabled/ disabled...
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Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled MAC ID Information T his BIOS feature controls the I/O buffers fo r the SMBus. Assertion Width Options: 1 to 2 seconds (Default) / 4 to 5 seconds / 3 to 4 seconds / 2 to select the status of Onboard LAN Boot ROM. SMBUS Controller T his item shows the LAN MAC ID. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled SLP_S4# Min. G41U3G BIOS Manual Onboard Lan Control T his item allows you to enable or disable the Onboard LAN. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled Onboard Lan Boot Rom T his item allows you to 3 seconds 28
Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled MAC ID Information T his BIOS feature controls the I/O buffers fo r the SMBus. Assertion Width Options: 1 to 2 seconds (Default) / 4 to 5 seconds / 3 to 4 seconds / 2 to select the status of Onboard LAN Boot ROM. SMBUS Controller T his item shows the LAN MAC ID. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled SLP_S4# Min. G41U3G BIOS Manual Onboard Lan Control T his item allows you to enable or disable the Onboard LAN. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled Onboard Lan Boot Rom T his item allows you to 3 seconds 28
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..., American Me gatrends, Inc. Change Supervisor Passw ord Setting the supervisor password will be prompted with to enter a password. Options: Full Access (Default) / No Access / View Only / Limited Change User Password If the Supervisor Password is for clearing user passwo rd. 33 You will prohibit everyone except the supervisor from making changes using the CMOS Setup Utility. Clear User Passw ord T his item is not set, then the User Password will not be able to...
..., American Me gatrends, Inc. Change Supervisor Passw ord Setting the supervisor password will be prompted with to enter a password. Options: Full Access (Default) / No Access / View Only / Limited Change User Password If the Supervisor Password is for clearing user passwo rd. 33 You will prohibit everyone except the supervisor from making changes using the CMOS Setup Utility. Clear User Passw ord T his item is not set, then the User Password will not be able to...
Setup Manual
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...cards x1 Supports PCI-E x16 expansion cards x1 Each connector supports 2 Floppy drives x1 Each connector supports 1 Printer port x1 Connects to 3.0 Gb/s. Motherboard Manual 1.3 MOTHERBOARD FEATURES SPEC LGA 775 Supports Hyper-Threading / Execute Disable Bit / Intel Core2Duo / Core2Quad / Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® / Intel Architecture-64 / CPU Pentium Dual-Core / Celeron Dual-Core / Extended Memory 64 Technology / Virtualization Celeron 4xx processor Technology (Maximum Watt: 95W) FSB Support 800 / 1066 / 1333 MHz Chipset Intel G41 Intel ICH7 ITE 8721 Environment Control...
...cards x1 Supports PCI-E x16 expansion cards x1 Each connector supports 2 Floppy drives x1 Each connector supports 1 Printer port x1 Connects to 3.0 Gb/s. Motherboard Manual 1.3 MOTHERBOARD FEATURES SPEC LGA 775 Supports Hyper-Threading / Execute Disable Bit / Intel Core2Duo / Core2Quad / Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® / Intel Architecture-64 / CPU Pentium Dual-Core / Celeron Dual-Core / Extended Memory 64 Technology / Virtualization Celeron 4xx processor Technology (Maximum Watt: 95W) FSB Support 800 / 1066 / 1333 MHz Chipset Intel G41 Intel ICH7 ITE 8721 Environment Control...
Setup Manual
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... the audio chip supports High Definition Audio Specification, the function of each audio jack can be defined by Intel ICH7. 3 USB3.0 is controlled by Asmedia ASM1042, but, USB2.0/USB1.X is controlled by software. SATA Connector Front Panel Connector Front Audio Connector CPU Fan Header System Fan Header Clear CMOS Header USB 2.0 Connector Power Connector (24pin) Power Connector (4pin) PS/2 Keyboard PS/2 Mouse VGA port Back Panel LAN port I/O USB 2.0 Port USB 3.0 Port Audio Jack Board Size 192 (W) x 235 (L) mm OS Support Windows 2000 / XP / Vista / 7 G41U3G SPEC x4 Each...
... the audio chip supports High Definition Audio Specification, the function of each audio jack can be defined by Intel ICH7. 3 USB3.0 is controlled by Asmedia ASM1042, but, USB2.0/USB1.X is controlled by software. SATA Connector Front Panel Connector Front Audio Connector CPU Fan Header System Fan Header Clear CMOS Header USB 2.0 Connector Power Connector (24pin) Power Connector (4pin) PS/2 Keyboard PS/2 Mouse VGA port Back Panel LAN port I/O USB 2.0 Port USB 3.0 Port Audio Jack Board Size 192 (W) x 235 (L) mm OS Support Windows 2000 / XP / Vista / 7 G41U3G SPEC x4 Each...
Setup Manual
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... to update your BIOS via USB pen drive or floppy disk. Press to the USB port or the floppy disk drive. 4. z Shutting down or resetting the system while updating the BIOS will lead to download the latest BIOS file for the motherboard. 2. To enter the utility, press during the POST process. Go to the website to system boot failure. 24 Select the device contains the BIOS file and press to perform the BIOS update process. 6. Select the proper BIOS file...
... to update your BIOS via USB pen drive or floppy disk. Press to the USB port or the floppy disk drive. 4. z Shutting down or resetting the system while updating the BIOS will lead to download the latest BIOS file for the motherboard. 2. To enter the utility, press during the POST process. Go to the website to system boot failure. 24 Select the device contains the BIOS file and press to perform the BIOS update process. 6. Select the proper BIOS file...
Setup Manual
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...part of the system board, the board may be faulty. 25 4.4 AMI BIOS BEEP CODE G41U3G Boot Block Beep Codes Number of Beeps Description 1 No media present. (Insert diskette in floppy drive A:) 2 "AMIBOOT.ROM" file not found in root directory of diskette in A: 3 Insert next diskette if multiple diskettes are used for recovery 4 Flash Programming successful 5 File read /write test error 6 Keyboard controller BAT command failed 7 General exception error (processor exception interrupt error) 8 Display memory error (system video adapter) Troubleshooting POST BIOS Beep...
...part of the system board, the board may be faulty. 25 4.4 AMI BIOS BEEP CODE G41U3G Boot Block Beep Codes Number of Beeps Description 1 No media present. (Insert diskette in floppy drive A:) 2 "AMIBOOT.ROM" file not found in root directory of diskette in A: 3 Insert next diskette if multiple diskettes are used for recovery 4 Flash Programming successful 5 File read /write test error 6 Keyboard controller BAT command failed 7 General exception error (processor exception interrupt error) 8 Display memory error (system video adapter) Troubleshooting POST BIOS Beep...