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		syntheticnature on July 17, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: My broken ThinkPad plays music upon booting I actually had a desktop motherboard, purchased about 2003-2004, that did this. Mind you, as it slowly succumbed to age (capacitor plague, most likely), it would start repeating "No CPU Installed, No CPU Installed..." as I watched it boot without issue. Once the sound driver was configured, it would stop.

rzzzt on July 17, 2023 | [–]

"ASUS POST Reporter" was one incarnation: http://web.archive.org/web/20081121022828/http://www.asus.co...

AshamedCaptain on July 17, 2023 | [–]

"System completed power on self test, computer now booting operating system" is forever burned into my mind.

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