• boonhet@lemm.ee
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      6 months ago

      Higher-end motherboards have LCDs for that now

      Otherwise I believe many still have lights?

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      6 months ago

      Most BIOSes can show them on screen and most motherboards have LEDs to indicate WTF is going on before the screen becomes active. Also, boot up failures are extremely rare compared to 1990-s.

    • MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca
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      6 months ago

      Many mainboards have moved to a small piezoelectric speaker, not dissimilar to the buzzer on an old style of digital watch (think Timex), rather than a speaker pinout for the system.

      It’s soldered right to the mainboard. It’s different than the crap cone style system speaker.

      The cone style usually was bundled with the case and was usually mismatched lowest bidder garbage.

      I’m pretty sure that even very modern mainboards have a piezo style “speaker” on them, though many might forego this in favor of lights or something.