Appendix D: POST Code Errors | Intel® Server Boards S5000PSL and S5000XSL TPS |
POST Error Beep Codes
The following table lists POST error beep codes. Prior to system Video initialization, BIOS uses these beep codes to inform users on error conditions. The beep code is followed by a user visible code on POST Progress LEDs.
Table 50. POST Error Beep CodesBeeps | Error Message | POST Progress Code | Description |
3 | Memory error |
| System halted because a fatal error related to the memory |
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6 | BIOS rolling back |
| The system has detected a corrupted BIOS in the flash |
| error |
| part, and is rolling back to the last good BIOS. |
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The BMC may generate beep codes upon detection of failure conditions. Beep codes are sounded each time the problem is discovered, such as on each
Code | Reason for Beep | Associated Sensors | Supported? |
CPU: Empty slot / population error – Processor | CPU Population Error | Yes | |
| slot 1 is not populated. |
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CPU: No processors (terminators only) | N/A | No | |
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CPU: Configuration error (e.g., VID mismatch) | N/A | No | |
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CPU: Configuration error (e.g, BSEL mismatch) | N/A | No | |
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Power fault: DC power unexpectedly lost (power | Power Unit – power unit | Yes | |
| good dropout) | failure offset |
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Chipset control failure | N/A | No | |
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Power control fault | Power Unit – soft power | Yes | |
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| control failure offset |
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