Descriptive Beeps

Now I can't believe that someone hasn't suggested this on this website, but I'm unable to find it so I'll plough ahead...

Most motherboards have either a sequence of beeps, or in some cases a combination of lights, that tell you when there is a booting error. The internal speaker is normally used, or the on-board speaker is there is one, to convey the sequence of beeps.

For example, continuous long high and low beeps might mean a CPU error, several short beeps followed by a gap might mean that the graphics card is unplugged.

These beeps are arbitrary, and not common across different makes of motherboard. Also, they are not always in the manuals, and are often on the manufacturer's website - a problem when your PC wont boot.

My suggestion is that rather than using the speaker to convey a sequence of beeps, the speaker should give you a recorded message telling you what the problem is. A simple, low quality sample of "The graphics card is unplugged" would suffice. This would stop you having to root around looking for the answer.

Edit: To ensure that all users can understand the message, a version of each message would be recorded in all languages supported by the Bios. The Language chosen in the bios would indicate the spoken language. So that the bios was still updateable, the speech messages would be stored on a seperate chip.