I currently own a Lenovo (G50-30) Windows 8.1 laptop.
I have noticed when the power button is pressed the only thing you see is:
It appears for about 21 seconds then boots into windows.
However, I wanted to be able to view the POST when it was booting up, but I couldn't find an option anywhere...
AMI BIOS Beep Codes:
Beeps Error Message Description
1 short DRAM refresh failure- The programmable interrupt timer or programmable interrupt controller has probably failed
2 short Memory parity error- A memory parity error has occurred in the first 64K of RAM. The RAM IC is probably bad...
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