On Fri, 21 Jul 2017 12:35:16 -0400, wrote:

On Fri, 21 Jul 2017 10:51:55 -0500, Terry Coombs
wrote:


OK , to all - I have disassembled far enough to pull the CMOS battery ,
shorted the bat terminals and held the start key down for 30 seconds .
Now when I power it on I can access the BIOS screen using either the on
board keyboard or a USB keyboard . After the screen comes up it starts a
steady beep-beep-beep and none of the navigation or F keys responds . If
I don't push F2 it boots to the original screen that I got at first ,
still beeping all the time . Unc , you may be right , it may have a
custom BIOS flash that won't let anyone in unless connected to the
hetwork server . Next attempt to try may be a BIOS flash on USB . It
won't start memtest on CD , but at first would open KonBoot to the first
screen but not respond to any keystrokes . Won't even do that now . I'm
starting to think this thing may make a great paperweight .


Go back over your work and be sure you didn't break something (loose
cable, memory stick or whatever). If you know what brand BIOS you have
you can look up the beep pattern

+1 Number of beeps vary by manufacturer.

Sample:
http://www.bndsys.com/SupportDocs/ErrorMessages/BiosBeepCodes.htm