
Well, I flashed with the suggested 2MB BIOS. The system boots & seems to run OK, except the system speaker now emits a continuous "low, high, low, high" like a police siren right from the power-on. (I fixed this problem by disconnecting the speaker! Heh!!

I tried to update the system speaker driver from my Win98 disk, but it said I already have the correct driver. So, I assume this indicates some kind of conflict.
I did some research re: Award BIOS beep codes and found conflicting information. One site said Award BIOS only gives one long beep and has no other codes. Another said it varies by manufacturer. I didn't find anyone saying what my specific "low high" continuous tones mean.
I was trying to upgrade my BIOS as part of my attempts to solve a mysterious performance problem which suddenly started occurring (runs slow for no reason, no recent software or hardware changes, no viruses, hard disk is OK). One possibility I suspect is a RAM failure due to overheating, although there are no error messages to support this.
Is it possible the new BIOS is signalling to me that there is a hardware problem (e.g., bad RAM or processor), or do you think I might have installed the wrong BIOS upgrade?
Frank in L.A.