HP PC Commercial BIOS (UEFI) Setup
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8 Computer Notifications 48
8.2 Blink and Beep Codes
Some system errors prevent the use of the video screen; instead, the system provides error information through blink
codes using LED lights. The LED light used depends on the system being a notebook or a desktop. The codes are presented
in a sequence. For desktop, this means red blinks followed by white blinks. Audible long and short beeps accompany red or
white blinks, respectively. The table below describes the meaning of critical blink codes.
Table 29 Computer notifications
The main area (DXE) of BIOS has become corrupted and there is no
recovery binary image available
The HP Endpoint Security Controller policy requires the user to enter
a key sequence (Sure Start 2.0)
The HP Endpoint Security Controller is recovering the boot block or
DXE. Since it takes 10 sec. or so to load the DXE image and get video
in the DXE case, this blink code is necessary. (Sure Start)
The HP Endpoint Security Controller has timed out waiting for BIOS
to return from memory initialization
The HP Endpoint Security Controller has timed out waiting for BIOS
to return from graphics initialization
The system board displays a power failure (crowbar)
The CPU is not being detected
The CPU does not support an enabled feature (typically this applies
only to TXT)
The HP Endpoint Security Controller cannot find valid firmware
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