Troubleshooting
Problem
Beep symptoms for the Netfinity 7100.
Resolving The Problem
Beep symptoms
Beep symptoms are short tones or a series of short tones separated by pauses (intervals without sound). See the following examples.
NOTE: One beep after successfully completing POST indicates the system is functioning properly.
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Beeps
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Description
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| 1-2-3 |
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| 4 | Four continuous beeps |
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Beep/symptom
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Replacement part number (FRU)/action |
| 1-1-3 (CMOS write/read test failed) | 1. Battery 2. I/O Legacy Board |
| 1-1-4 (BIOS EEPROM checksum failed) | 1. I/O Legacy Board |
| 1-2-1 (Programmable Interval Timer failed) | 1. I/O Legacy Board |
| 1-2-2 (DMA initialization failed) | 1. I/O Legacy Board |
| 1-2-3 (DMA page register write/read failed) | 1. I/O Legacy Board |
| 1-2-4 (RAM refresh verification failed) | 1. DIMM 2. Processor/PCI Board 3. Memory Card |
| 1-3-1 (1st 64K RAM test failed) | 1. DIMM 2. Processor/PCI Board 3. Memory Card |
| 1-3-2 (1st 64K RAM parity test failed) | 1. DIMM 2. I/O Legacy board |
| 2-1-1 (Secondary DMA register failed) | 1. I/O Legacy Board |
| 2-1-2 (Primary DMA register failed) | 1. I/O Legacy Board |
| 2-1-3 (Primary interrupt mask register failed) | 1. I/O Legacy Board |
| 2-1-4 (Secondary interrupt mask register failed) | 1. I/O Legacy Board |
| 2-2-2 (Keyboard controller failed) |
1. I/O Legacy Board |
| 2-2-3 (CMOS power failure and checksum checks failed) |
1. Battery |
| 2-2-4 (CMOS configuration info validation failed) |
1. Battery |
| 2-3-1 (Screen initialization failed) |
1. Jumper on J6 |
| 2-3-2 (Screen memory failed) | 1. I/O Legacy board |
| 2-3-3 (Screen retrace failed) | 1. I/O Legacy board |
| 2-3-4 (Search for video ROM failed) | 1. I/O Legacy board |
| 2-4-1 (Video failed, screen believed operable) | 1. I/O Legacy board |
| 3-1-1 (Timer tick interrupt failed) | 1. I/O Legacy board |
| 3-1-2 (Interval timer channel 2 failed) | 1. I/O Legacy board |
| 3-1-3 (RAM test failed above address OFFFF h) | 1. DIMM 2. Memory card 3. Processor/PCI board 4. I/O Legacy board |
| 3-1-4 (Time-of-day clock failed) |
1. Battery |
| 3-2-1 (Serial port failed) | 1. I/O Legacy board |
| 3-2-2 (Parallel port failed) | 1. I/O Legacy board |
| 3-2-3 (Math coprocessor failed) |
1. Optional processor (if installed) |
| 3-2-4 (Failure comparing CMOS memory size against actual) | 1. DIMM 2. Processor/PCI board 3. Battery 4. I/O Legacy board |
| 3-3-1 Memory size mismatch occurred, see "Memory Settings" on page 43 of the Hardware Maintenance Manual". |
1. DIMM |
| 3-3-2 (Critical SMBUS error occurred) |
1. Disconnect the server power cord from outlet, wait 30 seconds, and retry. |
| 3- 3- 3 (No operational memory in system) |
1. Install or reseat the memory modules, then power-on the system (see "Using the Configuration/Setup Utility program" on page 39 of the Hardware Maintenance Manual). |
| Two Short Beeps (Information only, the configuration has changed) | 1. Run Diagnostics 2. Run Configuration/Setup |
| Three Short Beeps |
1. DIMM |
| One Continuous Beep |
1. Processor |
| Repeating Short Beeps | 1. Keyboard 2. I/O Legacy Board |
| One Long and One Short Beep | 1. Video adapter (if present) 2. I/O Legacy Board |
| One Long and Two Short Beeps | 1. Video adapter (if present) 2. I/O Legacy Board |
| Two Long and Two Short Beeps | 1. Video adapter |
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