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Beep Symptoms (Server 8644)



Beep Symptoms

Beep symptoms are short tones or a series of short tones separated by pauses (intervals without sound). See the following examples.
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Beeps    Description
1-2-X    ° One beep
     ° A pause (or break)
     ° Two beeps
     ° A pause (or break)
     ° Any number of beeps
4    Four beeps
Beep/Symptom    FRU / Action
1-1-2 1. Optional Microprocessor
(Microprocessor register test failed)     (if installed)
  2. Microprocessor
  
1-1-3 1. Real-Time Clock or Battery
(CMOS write/read test failed) 2. System board
  
1-1-4 1. System Board
(BIOS read only memory checksum
failure)
1-2-1 1. System board
(Programmable Interval Timer 2. Microprocessor
test failure)
1-2-2 1. System board
(DMA initialization test in 2. Microprocessor
progress or failure)
1-2-3 1. System board
(DMA page register write/read 2. Microprocessor
test in progress or failure)
1-2-4 1. System board
(RAM refresh verification failure) 2. Microprocessor
  
1-3-1 1. Dual Inline Memory Module (DIMM)
(1st 64K RAM test failed) 2. Microprocessor
  
1-3-2 1. Dual Inline Memory Module (DIMM)
(1st 64K RAM parity test failure) 2. Microprocessor
  3. System Board
  
1-4-3 1. System Board
(Interrupt vector loading 2. Microprocessor
test has failed)
2-1-1 1. System board
(Secondary DMA register test is
in progress or has failed)
2-1-2 1. System board
(Primary DMA register test is
in progress or has failed)
2-1-3 1. System board
(Primary interrupt mask register
test has failed)
2-1-4 1. System board
(Secondary interrupt mask register
test has failed)
2-2-2 1. System Board
(Keyboard controller test is 2. Keyboard
in progress or has failed)
2-2-3 1. Battery
(CMOS power failure and 2. System board
checksum checks are in progress)
2-3-2 1. Video Adapter
(Screen memory test is in 2. System board
progress or has failed)
2-3-3 1. Video Adapter
(Screen retrace tests are in 2. System board
progress or have failed)
3-1-1 1. System Board
(Timer tick interrupt test is in
progress or have failed)
3-1-2 1. System Board
(Interval timer channel 2 test
is in progress or has failed)
3-1-4 1. System Board
(Time-Of-Day clock test is in
progress or has failed)
3-2-4 1. Battery
(Comparing of CMOS memory 2. System Board
size against actual is in progress)
3-3-1 1. Run Setup
(Memory size mismatch has occurred)
One Short Beep 1. N/A
(POST completed successfully or
an incorrect password was entered)
Two Short Beeps 1. Run Diagnostics
(POST encountered an error)
Three Short Beeps 1. Dual Inline Memory Module
  2. Microprocessor
  3. System Board
  
One Continuous Beep 1. Optional Microprocessor
      (if installed)
  2. Microprocessor
  3. System Board
  
Repeating Short Beeps 1. Keyboard
  2. System Board
  
One Long and One Short Beep 1. Video adapter (if present)
  2. System Board
  
One Long and Two Short Beeps 1. Video adapter (if present)
  2. System Board
  
One Long and Three Short Beeps 1. Verify monitor connections
  2. Video Adapter (if present)
  3. System Board
  
Two Long and Two Short Beeps 1. Video adapter
(Video adapter not supported)


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