Humidity causing boot problem?

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From: Thomas D. Davis
Date: Tue, 28 Aug 1990 12:26

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My 286 clone failed to boot for me last night.  It worked fine just
a couple days ago but we've had 90/90 days (temperature/humidity)
since it last worked.

During booting I get two short beeps and nothing on the monitor.  I
seem to be able to run DOS in "the blind", but that's not much use...
(or maybe it is ;-)  The generic manual I got with the machine says
that two beeps indicates a parity circuit not working (Award BIOS).

Any idea if this will go away after things cool off?
--
Tom Davis                 | The above statement shall be construed,
Network Software Services | interpreted, and governed by me alone.
Michigan State University | EMail: tdd@convex.cl.msu.edu

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