Troubleshooting
Problem
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.
Resolving The Problem
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.
| Beeps | Description |
| 1-2-3 |
|
| 4 | Four continuous beeps |
| Beep/Symptom | FRU/Action |
| 1-1-3 (CMOS write/read test failed) |
1. Battery 2. System Board |
| 1-1-4 (BIOS EEPROM checksum failed) |
1. System Board |
| 1-2-1 (Programmable Interval Timer Failed) |
1. System Board |
| 1-2-2 (DMA initialization failed) |
1. System Board |
| 1-2-3 (DMA page register write/read failed) |
1. System Board |
| 1-2-4 (RAM refresh verification failed) |
1. DIMM 2. System Board 3. Memory Card |
| 1-3-1 (1st 64K RAM test failed) |
1. DIMM 2. Memory Card 3. System Board |
| 1-3-2 (1st 64K RAM parity test failed) |
1. DIMM |
| 1-4-3 (Interrupt vector loading test failed) |
1. System Board |
| 2-1-1 (Secondary DMA register failed) |
1. System Board |
|
2-1-2 |
1. System Board |
| 2-1-3 (Primary interrupt mask register failed) |
1. System Board |
| 2-1-4 (Secondary interrupt mask register failed) |
1. System Board |
| 2-2-1 (Interrupt vector loading failed) |
1. 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 info validation failed) |
1. Battery 2. System Board |
| 2-3-1 (Screen initialization failed) |
1. System Board |
| 2-3-2 (Screen memory failed) |
1. System Board |
| 2-3-3 (Screen retrace failed) |
1. System Board |
| 2-3-4 (Search for video ROM failed) |
1. System Board |
| 2-4-1 (Video failed, screen believed operable) |
1. System Board |
| 3-1-1 (Timer tick interrupt failed) |
1. System Board |
| 3-1-2 (Interval timer channel 2 failed) |
1. 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) |
1. System Board |
| 3-2-2 (Parallel Port failed) |
1. 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" on page 37 of the HMM) |
1. DIMM 2. System Board 3. Battery |
| 3-3-2 (Critical SMBUS error occurred) (I2C bus error) |
1. Disconnect the server power cord from the outlet, wait 30 seconds and retry |
| 3-3-3 (No operational memory in system) |
1. Install or reseat the memory modules, then do a 3 boot reset (See "Using the Configuration/Setup Utility program on page 33 of the HMM) |
| 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 continuos beep | 1. Processor 2. Operational processor (if installed) 3. System Board 4. Service Processor Card |
| 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 | 1. Video adapter |
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28 January 2019
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