Beep Symptoms

Symptom

/

Error

 

 

 

 

 

 

FRU

 

/

Action

in

Sequence

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Continuous

beeps.

 

 

 

 

System

board

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

One beep and a blank,

 

1. Reseat

the

LCD

 

unreadable,

or

flashing

 

 

 

connector

 

 

 

 

LCD.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.

LCD assembly

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.

System board

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

One

beep,

and

the

message1.Boot device

 

 

 

“Unable

to

access

boot

 

2.

System board

source”

appears.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

One long and two short

 

1.System board

 

 

beeps, and a blank or

an

2.

LCD assembly

unreadable

LCD.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

One

long

beep

followed

byConnect the

AC

Adapter

four

short

beeps

each

ortimeinstall a fully charged

the

Power

switch

is

 

 

battery.

 

 

 

 

 

operated.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(System

cannot

turn

on

 

due

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

to low battery

voltage.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

One beep every second. Connect the AC Adapter

(System

is

shutting

down

or

install

a

fully

charged

due

to

low

battery

voltagebattery.).

(Allow the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

system

to

completely

shut

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

down

before

changing

the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

battery.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Two short beeps with errorPOST

error.

See

 

 

 

codes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“Numeric

Error

Codes”

on

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

page

 

23.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Two short beeps and a

System

board

 

 

 

 

blank

screen.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

No

Beep

Symptoms

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Symptom /

Error

 

 

FRU

/

Action

in Sequence

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

No beep, power-on

indicator1. Go

to

“Power

 

 

not on, and a blank LCD

 

Systems

Checkout”

 

during

POST.

 

 

 

 

on

page 13.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.

DC/DC card

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.

System board

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.

CPU card

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.

Check

the

power outlet

 

 

 

 

 

No beep, power-on

indicator1.DC/DC card

 

 

 

on,

and

a

blank

LCD

during

2.

System board

POST.

 

 

 

 

 

3.

CPU card

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

No beep, power-on

indicator1.DC/DC card

 

 

 

on,

and

a

blinking

cursor

2.

CPU card

 

 

only

during

POST.

 

 

3.

System board

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

No

beep during

POST

but

1. Turn

the

volume

up

the

system

runs

correctly.

and check the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

speaker.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.

Speaker

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.

System board

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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IBM 380Z manual Beep Symptoms