Beep symptoms

 

Beep symptoms are short tones or a series of short tones separated by pauses

 

(intervals without sound). See the following examples.

 

 

 

Beeps

 

Description

 

 

 

1-2-X

 

v One beep

 

 

v A pause (or break)

 

 

v Two beeps

 

 

v A pause (or break)

 

 

v Any number of breaks

4

 

Four continuous beeps

 

 

 

Use the following table to diagnose beep symptoms.

Beep Symptom

FRU/Action

 

 

 

1-1-3CMOS read-write error

1.

Run Setup

 

 

2.

System Board

 

 

 

1-1-4ROM BIOS check error

1.

System Board

 

 

 

 

1-2-XDMA error

1.

System Board

 

 

 

 

1-3-X

1.

Memory Module

 

 

2.

System Board

 

 

 

1-4-4

1.

Keyboard

 

 

2.

System Board

 

 

 

1-4-XError detected in first 64 KB of RAM

1.

Memory Module

 

 

2.

System Board

 

 

 

2-1-1,2-1-2

1.

Run Setup

 

 

2.

System Board

 

 

 

2-1-XFirst 64 KB of RAM failed

1.

Memory Module

 

 

2.

System Board

 

 

 

2-2-2

1.

Video Adapter (if installed)

 

 

2.

System Board

 

 

 

2-2-XFirst 64 KB of RAM failed

1.

Memory Module

 

 

2.

System Board

 

 

 

2-3-X

1.

Memory Module

 

 

2.

System Board

 

 

 

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