Intel SBX82 manual Post beep code descriptions, Repeating long beeps

POST beep code descriptions

POST emits one beep to signal successful completion. If POST detects a problem during startup, other beep codes might occur. Use the following beep code descriptions to help diagnose and resolve problems that are detected during startup.

✏NOTE

See “Diagnostics” in the blade server Hardware Maintenance Manual and Troubleshooting Guide on the Intel Server Compute Blade SBX82 Resource CD for more information about the POST beep codes.

One beep

Indicates successful completion of POST.

Repeating long beeps

Indicates that a memory error has occurred. Make sure that all DIMMs are correctly installed.

One long beep and two small beeps

Indicates that a video error has occurred and the BIOS cannot initialize the monitor screen to display additional information.

Beep codes for specific problems

Beep codes indicating specific system problems are listed in the following table.

Table 5. POST beep code descriptions

Beep code		Descriptions of the POST beep codes
1-1-4	BIOS ROM checksum in-progress or failure.
	Action:
	1.	Move the BIOS code page jumper (J12) to pins 2 and 3 to boot from the backup BIOS
		code page.
	2.	Restart the blade server and flash the BIOS code.
	3.	Move the BIOS code page jumper back to pins 1 and 2 and restart the blade server.
All other	1.	Make sure that the system memory modules are installed correctly.
beep codes	2.	Turn off the blade server; then restart the blade server.

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