Symptom-to-FRU index

Beep symptoms

 

 

 

 

Symptom or error

FRU or action, in sequence

 

 

 

One beep and a blank,

1.

Reseat the LCD

unreadable, or flashing LCD.

 

connector.

 

2.

LCD assembly.

 

3.

External CRT.

 

4.

System board.

 

 

 

One long and two short beeps,

1.

System board.

and a blank or unreadable

2.

LCD assembly.

LCD.

3.

DIMM.

 

 

 

Two short beeps with error

POST error. See “Numeric

codes.

error codes” on page 41.

 

 

 

Two short beeps with blank

1.

System board.

screen.

2.

DIMM.

 

 

 

Three short beeps, pause,

1.

DIMM.

three more short beeps, and

2.

System board

one short beep.

 

 

 

 

Only cursor appears.

Reinstall operating system.

 

 

 

No beep symptoms

 

 

 

 

Symptom or error

FRU or action, in sequence

 

 

 

No beep, power-on indicator

1.

Make sure that every

on, LCD blank, and no POST.

 

connector is connected

 

 

tightly and correctly.

 

2.

DIMM.

 

3.

System board.

 

 

 

No beep, power-on indicator

1.

Reseat DIMM.

on, and LCD blank during

2.

System board.

POST.

 

 

 

 

No beep during POST, but

Speaker.

system runs correctly.

 

 

 

 

The power-on password

A power-on password or a

prompt.

supervisor password is set.

 

Type the password and press

 

Enter.

 

 

The hard-disk password

A hard-disk password is set.

prompt.

Type the password and press

 

Enter.

 

 

The DOS full screen looks

Start the ThinkPad

smaller.

Configuration program and set

 

the Screen expansion

 

function.

 

 

 

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IBM MT 2632 manual Beep symptoms