5 Power-On Self Test (Boot Check)Outline of POST
The set has a boot check function called POST (Power-On Self Test) in it.
The condition of the main body is diagnosed by checking beep sound or error code.
Start .............Test begins automatically when power switch is set to ON.
Normal finish .....After memory checking, a beep sound is issued once and the set is placed into automatic stop.
Note: If no error occurs, nothing is displayed. (No display of OK, etc.)
Error Diagnosis by Checking Beep Signal Sound
The beep sound is as follows:
= long sound (about 0.4 sec.), = short sound (about 0.2 sec.), Length between sounds is about 0.1 sec.
Table of errors classified by beep sounds
(1 (long sound) -2-3-4)
(Length of bar shows length of sound.)
Diagnosis Beep signal sound Error message
1(long sound)-2 BIOS ROM error
BIOS ROM error
RAM error
Keyboard controller error
RAM error
RAM error
RAM error
1-2-2-3
1-3-1-1
1-3-1-3
1-3-4-1
1-3-4-3
1-4-1-1
BIOS ROM error2-1-2-3
Occurrence of unexpected offering2-2-3-1
Main board
(Note) A beep sound is also issued in case of other I/O trouble.