Dell 3460 owner manual Beep Description Possible Cause/Troubleshooting Steps

Table 7. Diagnostic Beep Codes

Beep	Description	Possible Cause/Troubleshooting
		Steps
1	BIOS ROM checksum in progress of	System board failure, covers BIOS
	failure.	corruption or ROM error
2	No RAM detected	If no memory is detected, you can

perform the following steps:

• reseat the memory if an additional memory is available

• install that memory if the issue persists

• issue with the memory connector

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• Chipset Error (North and	System board failure
South Bridge Chipset,
DMA/IMR/Timer Error)

•Time-Of-Day Clock test failure

•Gate A20 failure

•Super I/O chip failure

•Keyboard controller test failure

RAM Read/Write failure	If no memory is detected, you can
	perform the following steps:
	• reseat the memory if an
	additional memory is available
	• install that memory if the
	issue persists
	• issue with the memory
	connector

5	Real-time clock power fail	CMOS battery failure. Reseat the
		battery. If issue persists, there can be
		an issue with the coin-cell battery or
		the connector (that will involve
		replacing the system board)
6	Video BIOS Test Failure	Video card failure
7	Processor Failure	Processor failure
8	Display	Display failure

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