5 Power-On Self-Test and Error Messages

Beep Codes

Beep Codes

If a terminal error occurs during POST, the system issues a beep code before attempting to display the error. Beep codes are useful for identifying the error when the system is unable to display the error message.

 

Beep Pattern

Beep

Numeric

Description

 

Code1

Code

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

-

 

1

B4h

This does not indicate an error. There is one short beep before

 

 

 

 

system startup.

 

 

 

 

 

- -

02

98h

Video configuration failure or option ROMs check-sum failure

 

 

 

 

 

- - - - - - -

0223

16h

BIOS ROM check-sum failure

 

 

 

 

 

- - - — —

0300

20h

DRAM refresh test failure

 

 

 

 

 

- - - — - - -

0303

22h

8742 Keyboard controller test failure

 

 

 

 

 

- - - - - - - —

0340

2Ch

RAM failure

 

 

 

 

 

- - - - - - - - - -

0343

2Eh

RAM failure on data bits in low byte of memory bus

 

 

 

 

 

- - - - — —

0400

30h

RAM failure on data bits in high byte of memory bus

 

 

 

 

- - — - - - - -

2023

46h

ROM copyright notice check failure

 

 

 

 

 

- -

- - - - - —

2230

58h

Unexpected interrupts test failure

 

 

 

 

 

- - - - - -

02022

 

Continuous beeps. Keyboard error

 

 

 

 

 

1.Where digits 1, 2, 3, 4 represent the number of short beeps, and 0 represents the occurrence of a single long beep.

Lights on the Status Panel

When the computer is first powered on, the power-onlight on the status panel illuminates yellow for about a second before changing to green. This change of color is caused by the execution of an instruction early in the System BIOS code.

If the light remains at yellow, therefore, it indicates a failure of the processor or the System ROM in the instruction-fetch process. Check that the processor is correctly seated in its socket, and that its VRM is also correctly seated.

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HP Vectra VL 5/xxx 5 manual Beep Codes, Lights on the Status Panel

Vectra VL 5/xxx 5 specifications

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