Step 2

Did the system unit beep after it was turned on?

 

 

 

 

 

 

There is a problem with the system unit. Find the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yes, more than once

 

 

 

 

error code or message in the section “Error codes

 

 

 

 

 

 

and messages” on page 10-17 and take the action

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

listed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Note: If the beep is a single long beep followed by

 

 

 

 

 

 

two short beeps, a video error has occurred and the

 

 

 

 

 

 

BIOS cannot initialize the video screen to display

 

 

 

 

 

 

additional information.

 

 

 

 

 

 

If the beep is a repeating single long beep, there’s a

 

 

 

 

 

 

problem with the dynamic random access memory

 

 

 

 

 

 

(DRAM).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

– If you just added hardware and the computer

 

 

 

No

 

 

 

 

 

 

will not start, you might have a hardware

 

 

 

 

 

 

problem. Remove the new hardware and restart

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the computer to see if the problem is corrected.

 

 

 

 

 

 

If the problem is corrected, you might have

 

 

 

 

 

 

installed the new hardware incorrectly. Reinstall

 

 

 

 

 

 

your hardware.

 

 

 

 

 

 

For instructions on installing hardware in the

 

 

 

 

 

 

system unit, see “Working with the hardware in

 

 

 

 

 

 

the system unit” on page 8-3. For instructions

 

 

 

 

 

 

on installing options on the system board, see

 

 

 

 

 

 

“Chapter 9. Adding and replacing system board

 

 

 

 

 

 

components” on page 9-1.

 

 

 

 

 

 

– If you did not just install new hardware or the

 

 

 

 

 

 

computer appears to start normally, go to Step

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diagnosing and recovering from problems 10-3

Page 145
Image 145
IBM 2194, 6345, 2193 manual Yes, more than once, Dram