Beep Symptoms

No Beep Symptoms

Symptom / Error FRU / Action in Sequence
Continuous beeps. System board
One beep and a blank,
unreadable, or flashing
LCD.
1. Reseat the LCD
connector
2. LCDassembly
3. Systemboard
One beep, and the message
“Unable to access boot
source” appears.
1.Boot device
2. Systemboard
One long and two short
beeps, and a blank or an
unreadable LCD.
1.System board
2. LCDassembly
One long beep followed by
four short beeps each time
the power switch is
operated.
(System cannot turn on due
to low battery voltage.)
Connect the AC Adapter
or install a fully charged
battery.
One beep every second.
(System is shutting down
due to low battery voltage.)
Connect the AC Adapter
or install a fully charged
battery. (Allowthe
system to completely shut
down before changing the
battery.)
Two short beeps with error
codes. POST error. See
“Numeric Error Codes” on
page 38.
Two short beeps and a
blank screen. System board
Symptom / Error FRU / Action in Sequence
No beep, power-on indicator
not on, and a blank LCD
during POST.
1. Go to “Power
Systems Checkout”
on page 29.
2. DC/DCcard
3. Systemboard
4. CPUCard
5. Check the power outlet
No beep, power-on indicator
on, and a blank LCD during
POST.
1.DC/DC card
2. Systemboard
3. CPUCard
No beep, power-on indicator
on, and a blinking cursor
only during POST.
1.DC/DC card
2. CPUCard
3. Systemboard
No beep during POST but
the system runs correctly. 1. Turn the volume up
and check the
speaker.
2. Speaker
3. Systemboard

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