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teh_klev
on Feb 7, 2016
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I am a puts debuggerer
Once upon a time in the olden days, if certain makes of PC couldn't successfully complete the Power On Self Test and couldn't initialise video output to report the problem, it would beep the fault code through the system speaker.
djcapelis
on Feb 7, 2016
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Most motherboards still do this.
steve-howard
on Feb 7, 2016
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Just not as often, I imagine.
aptwebapps
on Feb 7, 2016
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Except, for some makes, it wouldn't get that far but at least that narrowed down the possibilities.
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