When troubleshooting a desktop computer that uses an Award BIOS, you hear a single short beep immediately after pressing the power button. According to the standard Award BIOS beep codes, what does this sound most commonly indicate?
The system passed POST and is functioning normally.
On Award-based systems a single short beep is an "all clear" signal showing that the POST completed successfully and the hardware passed its basic checks. Other beep patterns (e.g., one long followed by two short beeps) indicate specific faults such as video-card problems, but a lone short beep is normal operation.
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