
POST Numeric Codes and Text Messages
This section covers those 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 9-1 Numeric Codes and Text Messages
Control panel message | Description | Recommended action | |
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System ROM or expansion board option | 1. | Verify the correct ROM. | |
| ROM checksum. | 2. | Flash the ROM if needed. |
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| 3. | If an expansion board was recently |
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| added, remove it to see if the problem |
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| remains. |
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| 4. | Clear CMOS. (See Appendix B, |
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| Password Security and Resetting CMOS |
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| on page 195.) |
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| 5. | If the message disappears, there may |
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| be a problem with the expansion card. |
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| 6. | Replace the system board. |
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DMA or timers. | 1. | Clear CMOS. (See Appendix B, | |
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| Password Security and Resetting CMOS |
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| on page 195.) |
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| 2. | Remove expansion boards. |
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| 3. | Replace the system board. |
1.If a PCI expansion card was recently added, remove it to see if the problem remains.
2.In Computer Setup, set Advanced > Device Options > NIC PXE Option ROM Download to DISABLE to prevent PXE option ROM for the internal NIC from being downloaded during POST to free more memory for an expansion card's option ROM. Internal PXE option ROM is used for booting from the NIC to a PXE server.