Chapter 5 Troubleshooting the System Hardware

Power-On Self Test (POST)

Note A single problem might cause several error messages. When this situation occurs, you should correct the cause of the first error message. After you correct the cause of the first error message, the other error messages usually will not occur the next time that you run the test.

POST Numeric Codes and Text Messages

This section covers POST errors that have numeric codes associated with them. The section also includes some text messages that may be encountered during POST.

 

 

Note

The computer will beep once after a POST text message is displayed on the

 

 

 

screen.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Table 5-10

Diagnostic Front Panel LEDs and Beep Codes

 

 

 

 

 

Control Panel Message

 

Description

 

 

 

 

101-Option ROM Checksum Error

System ROM or expansion board option ROM

 

 

 

 

checksum.

 

 

 

 

103-System Board Failure

DMA or timers.

 

 

 

 

110-Out of Memory Space for Option ROMs

Recently added PCI expansion card contains an

 

 

 

 

option ROM too large to download during POST.

 

 

 

 

162-System Options Not Set

Configuration incorrect.

 

 

 

 

RTC (real-time clock) battery may need to be

 

 

 

 

replaced.

 

 

 

 

163-Time & Date Not Set

Invalid time or date in configuration memory.

 

 

 

 

The RTC (real-time clock) battery may need to be

 

 

 

 

replaced.

 

 

 

 

163-Time & Date Not Set

CMOS jumper may not be properly installed.

 

 

 

 

164-Memory Size Error

Memory amount has changed since the last boot

 

 

 

 

(memory added or removed).

 

 

 

 

164-Memory Size Error

Memory configuration incorrect.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cisco Wide Area Virtualization Engine 274 and 474 Hardware Installation Guide

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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