Intel S5000XAL Post Error Beep Codes, BMC Beep Codes, Revision 107 Intel order number D31979-007

Intel® Server Board S5000PAL / S5000XAL TPS Appendix D: POST Error Messages and Handling

POST Error Beep Codes

The following table lists POST error beep codes. Prior to system Video initialization, BIOS uses these beep codes to inform users on error conditions. The beep code is followed by a user visible code on POST Progress LEDs.

Table 48. POST Error Beep Codes

Beeps	Error Message	POST Progress Code	Description
3	Memory error		System halted because a fatal error related to the memory
			was detected.
6	BIOS rolling back		The system has detected a corrupted BIOS in the flash
	error		part, and is rolling back to the last good BIOS.

The BMC may generate beep codes upon detection of failure conditions. Beep codes are sounded each time the problem is discovered, such as on each power-up attempt, but are not sounded continuously. Codes that are common across all Intel® Server Boards and systems that use the Intel® S5000 chipset are listed in Table 49. Each digit in the code is represented by a sequence of beeps whose count is equal to the digit.

Table 49. BMC Beep Codes

Code	Reason for Beep	Associated Sensors	Supported?
1-5-2-1	CPU: Empty slot / population error – Processor	CPU Population Error	Yes
	slot 1 is not populated.
1-5-2-2	CPU: No processors (terminators only)	N/A	No
1-5-2-3	CPU: Configuration error (e.g., VID mismatch)	N/A	No
1-5-2-4	CPU: Configuration error (e.g., BSEL mismatch)	N/A	No
1-5-4-2	Power fault: DC power unexpectedly lost (power	Power Unit – power unit	Yes
	good dropout)	failure offset
1-5-4-3	Chipset control failure	N/A	No
1-5-4-4	Power control fault	Power Unit – soft power	Yes
		control failure offset

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