Post Beep Codes; Table 50. Error Beep Codes; Table 51. Post Memory Beep Error Codes - Debug Port Encoding List - Dell 3250 Product Manual

Error Code
8510 DIMM5 defective.
8511 DIMM6 defective.
8512 DIMM7 defective.
8513 DIMM8 defective.

POST Beep Codes

During the course of executing POST, there are occasions where fatal problems happen before
video is enabled. These fatal errors are conveyed with the use of the speaker via encoded beeps,
coupled with POST debug codes. There are also beeps emitted in conjunction with the display of
errors via the POST error manager.
Since the duration of the display-less POST execution is relatively short, there are fewer beep codes
than displayed error codes.
In order to extend the useful range of the beep codes, without the need to have dozens of codes, the
beeps are classified and the distinction within class is made via the POST debug card. See Tables
50 and 51.
Table 50. Error Beep Codes
Beeps Error message
3 Memory failure
4 System timer
5 Processor failure
7 Processor exception interrupt error
8 Display memory read/write error
9 ROM checksum error
11 Invalid BIOS
Table 51. POST Memory Beep Error Codes – Debug Port Encoding List
Beep Debug port error code (lower byte
Code of North I2C debug display)
3 CF9Fh
3 CF64h
Error Message
Description
Memory test failure. See table below for additional error
information.
System timer is not operational
Processor failure detected
The CPU generated an exception interrupt.
The system video adapter is either missing or its
memory is faulty.
System BIOS ROM checksum error
General BIOS ROM error
No valid memory was found in the system
Mismatched DIMMs in a row, and no valid memory to
boot
Attributes
WARN/YELLOW_BLACK
WARN/YELLOW_BLACK
WARN/YELLOW_BLACK
WARN/YELLOW_BLACK
Meanings
Pause on
Boot
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
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