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The successful | completion | of POST is | indicated by one beep and the a | |
of the first screen of | your operating system or application program. M | |||
beep | indicates | that POST | detected | an error. |
Beep codes are sounded in a series of beeps. For example, a
POST Beep Code Descriptions
The | following list | contains more detailed descriptions of the possible t |
that | your server | might emit. |
No beeps
If no beep occurs after your server successfully completes POST after the System POST Complete (OK) light on the information LED panel illuminated), have the system serviced.
Continuous beep
This indicates that your boot microprocessor has failed, or your board or speaker subsystem might contain a failing component. If t system continues through POST with no errors, have the system servi no video appears, the boot processor has failed; replace the b
Note: If the Netfinity 5000 server has only one microprocessor insta that microprocessor is the boot processor. If the Netfinity server has two microprocessors installed, the microprocessor i secondary microprocessor connector is the boot processor and microprocessor in the primary microprocessor connector is the application processor.
One short | beep |
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If | one beep | occurs after your Netfinity 5000 server successfully | ||||
POST | (that | is, | after | the System | POST Complete (OK) | light on the |
information | LED | panel is illuminated), then POST has no configuration or | ||||
functional errors to report. One beep also occurs after your ser | ||||||
completes | POST | if you | enter an | incorrect | password. |
Two short beeps
This beep combination indicates that POST encountered an error. The Configuration/Setup Utility program will display additional information; the instructions displayed. See
Three short beeps |
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This | beep | combination | indicates a system memory error. This combinat | |||||||
occurs | only | if | the | video BIOS | cannot | display the | error | message. | ||
may be a failing memory module or a faulty memory socket. Try the | ||||||||||
identified | DIMM | (LED | is illuminated) in | a | different | memory | socket. | |||
error | occurs in | the | new location, replace the failing DIMM. Otherw | |||||||
the | system | serviced. |
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This | beep | combination | indicates | that | your | server system | board mig | |||
a failing component, your keyboard might be defective, or a key | ||||||||||
keyboard might | be stuck. |
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122 Netfinity 5000 Server Hardware Information and Procedures