Gateway 960 manual Beeps, Troubleshooting steps, Description

Troubleshooting

A PCI expansion card (for example, a RAID controller) can also issue audible errors by itself, usually consisting of one long tone followed by a series of short tones. For more information on the beep codes issued, check the documentation for that device.

Several POST routines issue a POST terminal error and shut down the system when they fail. Before shutting down the system, the terminal error handler sounds a beep code (one long tone and a series of short tones) that identifies the test point error. If POST completes normally, the BIOS issues one short beep before passing control to the operating system.

Beeps	Description	Troubleshooting steps
1	Refresh failure. The memory refresh	Reseat the memory or replace with
	circuitry on the system board is faulty.	known good modules.
2	Parity error. Parity error in the first	Same as for 1 beep.
	64 KB of memory.
3	Memory failure in first 64 KB.	Same as for 1 beep.
4	Memory failure in first 64 KB of	Remove all expansion cards.
	memory, or Timer 1 on the system	■ If the beep codes occur even when all
	board is not functioning.	expansion cards have been removed,
		the system board is at fault.
		■ If the beep codes do not occur when
		the expansion cards have been
		removed, one of the cards is causing
		the problem. Install the cards one at a
		time until the problem happens again.
		When the beep codes return, the most
		recent card you installed is at fault.
5	The processor on the system board	Same as for 4 beeps.
	generated an error.
6	The keyboard controller (8042) may be	Same as for 4 beeps.
	defective. The BIOS cannot switch to
	Protected mode.
7	The processor generated an exception	Same as for 4 beeps.
	interrupt.
8	The server video’s memory is faulty.	The system board may be faulty.
	This is not a fatal error.
9	The ROM checksum value does not	Same as for 4 beeps.
	match the value encoded in the BIOS.

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