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Beep Symptoms



Beep Symptoms

Symptom/Error    FRU/Action
  
Continuous beeps. 1. System Board
  
One beep and a blank, 1. Reseat all LCD connectors.
unreadable, or flashing LCD. 2. LCD Assembly
  3. Video Card
  4. System Board
  5. DC/DC Card
  
One beep, and the message 1. Boot device
'Unable to access boot source' 2. System Board
  
One long, two short beeps 1. System Board
and a blank or unreadable LCD. 2. Video Card
  3. LCD Assembly
  
One long beep followed by    Connect the AC Adapter
four short beeps each time    or install a fully-charged
the power switch is operated.    battery.
(System cannot power-on due
to low battery voltage.)
One beep every second.    Connect the AC Adapter or install a
(System is shutting down    fully-charged battery (allows system to
due to low battery voltage.)    complete shutdown before changing the
     battery).
  
Two short beeps    POST error.
with error codes.    See 'Numeric Error Codes'
  
Two short beeps    System Board
with blank screen.


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