One long beep and two short beeps
A video error has occurred, and the BIOS cannot initialize the monitor screen to display additional information.
Other beep codes
See the Problem Determination and Service Guide on the IBM xSeries
Documentation CD for information about other beep codes.
POST error codes
The following table provides an abbreviated list of the error codes that might appear during POST. See the Problem Determination and Service Guide on the IBM xSeries Documentation CD for more information about the POST error codes. To check for updated technical information, go to http://www.ibm.com/support/, and type 8485 or 8490 (depending on the machine type for your server model) under Search technical support.
Table 2. Abbreviated list of POST error codes
vFollow the suggested actions in the order in which they are listed in the Action column until the problem is solved.
vSee the parts listing in the Problem Determination and Service Guide to determine which components are customer replaceable units (CRU) and which components are field replaceable units (FRU).
vIf an action step is preceded by “(Trained service technician only),” that step must be performed only by a trained service technician.
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062 | Three consecutive boot failures | 1. Flash the system firmware to | ||
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101 | Tick timer internal interrupt failure. | (Trained service technician only) | ||
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| Replace the system board. | ||
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102 | Internal timer channel 2 test | (Trained service technician only) | ||
| failure. | Replace the system board. | ||
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151 | 1. | Reseat the battery. | ||
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