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Beep symptoms and no beep symptoms - IBM eServer xSeries 220

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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.

Beep symptoms
Beeps
  Description
1-2-3
  • One beep
  • A pause (or break)
  • Two beeps
  • A pause (or break)
  • Three Beeps
4   Four continuous beeps

Beep symptoms
Beep/Symptom
Action
1-1-3 (CMOS write/read test failed)
  1. Battery
  2. System board
1-1-4 (BIOS EEPROM checksum failed) System board
1-2-1 (Programmable Interval Timer failed) System board
1-2-2 (DMA initialization failed) System board
1-2-3 (DMA page register write/read failed) System board
1-2-4 (RAM refresh verification failed)
  1. DIMM
  2. System board
1-3-1 (1st 64KB RAM test failed)
  1. DIMM
  2. System board
1-3-2 (1st 64KB RAM parity test failed)
  1. DIMM
  2. Processor
  3. System board
1-4-3 (Interrupt vector loading test failed) System board
2-1-1 (Secondary DMA register failed) System board
2-1-2 (Primary DMA register failed) System board
2-1-3 (Primary interrupt mask register failed) System board
2-1-4 (Secondary interrupt mask register failed) System board
2-2-1 (Interrupt vector loading failed) System board
2-2-2 (Keyboard controller failed)
  1. System board
  2. Keyboard
2-2-3 (CMOS power failure and checksum checks failed)
  1. Battery
  2. System board
2-2-4 (CMOS configuration information validation failed)
  1. Battery
  2. System board
2-3-1 (Screen initialization failed)
  1. Jumper on J28
  2. System board
2-3-2 (Screen memory failed) System board
2-3-3 (Screen retrace failed) System board
2-3-4 (Search for video ROM failed) System board
2-4-1 (Video failed; screen believed operable) System board
3-1-1(Timer tick interrupt failed) System board
3-1-2 (Interval timer channel 2 failed) System board
3-1-3 (RAM test failed above address OFFFFH))
  1. DIMM
  2. Memory card
  3. System board
3-1-4 (Time-Of-Day clock failed)
  1. Battery
  2. System board
3-2-1 (Serial port failed) System board
3-2-2 (Parallel port failed) System board
3-2-3 (Math coprocessor failed)
  1. Optional processor (if installed)
  2. Processor
  3. System board
3-2-4 (Failure comparing CMOS memory size against actual)
  1. DIMM
  2. Battery
  3. System board
3-3-1 (Memory size mismatch occurred; see "Memory Settings"
  1. DIMM Board
  2. System board
  3. Battery
3-3-2 (Critical SMBUS error occurred) (I2C bus error)
  1. Disconnect the server power cord from outlet, wait 30 seconds, and retry.
  2. Unplug power, check for broken pins, and retry after reseating I2C cables between:

    a. system management adapter (PCI slot 2/J31) and planar (J32);
    b. DASD I2C on planar (J43) and DASD backplane

  3. System board
  4. DIMMs
  5. Power Supply
  6. I2C Cable
3-3-3 (No operational memory in system)
  1. Install or reseat the memory modules
  2. DIMMs
  3. System board
4-4-4 (I2C cable attached, system management adapter not functioning)
  1. Verify correct cable installation.
  2. Verify optional system management adapter is correctly installed in PCI slot 2.
  3. Replace system management adapter.
Two short beeps (Information only, the configuration has changed)
  1. Run Diagnostics.
  2. Run Configuration/Setup.
Three short beeps
  1. DIMM
  2. System board
One continuous beep
  1. Processor
  2. Optional Processor (if installed)
  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
Two long and two short beeps Video adapter

No beep symptoms
No beep symptom
 Action 
No beep and the system operates correctly
  1. Check speaker cables.
  2. Check speaker.
  3. Check system board.
No Beeps occur after successfully completing POST
  1. Check speaker connections.
  2. Check speaker.
  3. Check system board.
No AC power
  1. Check the power cord.
  2. Check the power supply.
No beep and no video See Undetermined problems.

Document Location

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Operating System

Older System x:Operating system independent / None

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Document Information

Modified date:
28 January 2019

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