IBM 6578, 6579, 6269, 6059, 6058, 6569, 6568, 6648, 6649 manual Post beep codes

POST beep codes

The Power-On Self-Test generates a beeping sound to indicate successful completion of POST or to indicate that the tests detect an error.

One beep and the appearance of text on the display indicates successful completion of the POST. More than one beep indicates that the POST detects an error.

Error code format

This section provides an explanation of the encoded non-SCSI and SCSI POST error codes.

Error messages are displayed on the screen as three, four, five, eight, twelve, or thirteen digits. An X in an error message can be any number or letter. The shorter POST errors are highlighted in the Symptom-to-FRU Index. Some digits will represent different information for SCSI errors versus non-SCSI errors.

The following figure shows which digits display the shorter POST errors. The figure also defines additional SCSI information.

RDDDPLSCB QEET

Test state

Error code Extension

Qualifier

Bus (0=internal 1=external)

Capacity of the device

Slot number of the device

LUN (usually 0)

PUN (SCSI ID #)

Device Number

Reserved Digit (usually 0)

Notes:

1.Non-IBM device error codes and documentation supersede this list.

2.Duplicate SCSI ID settings will cause misleading error symptoms or messages.

Product Recovery Program menu

Types 6058/6059/6269/6578/6579 machines have recovery and diagnostics programs on a separate hard drive partition. The recovery CD and Enhanced Diagnostics diskette are not shipped with the machine or the HMM. To download diagnostics tests or to order a recovery CD, see “Enhanced Diagnostics download or diskette” on page 113.

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