Beep Symptoms - IBM 8862 - Eserver xSeries 365 Maintenance And Troubleshooting Manual

Beep symptoms

Beep symptoms are short tones or a series of short tones separated by pauses
(intervals without sound). See the following examples.
Beeps
1-2-3
4
One beep after successfully completing POST indicates that the server is
functioning correctly.
Note: See Chapter 7, "Parts listing, Types 8861, 8862," on page 139 to determine which components are
replaceable by the customer and which components must be replaced by an IBM field service technician.
Beep/symptom
1-1-3 (CMOS write/read test failed)
1-1-4 (BIOS ROM checksum failed)
1-2-1 (Programmable Interval Timer
failed)
1-2-2 (DMA initialization failed)
1-2-3 (DMA page register write/read
failed)
1-2-4 (RAM refresh verification failed)
1-3-1 (1st 64K RAM test failed)
2-1-1 (Secondary DMA register failed)
2-1-2 (Primary DMA register failed)
2-1-3 (Primary interrupt mask register
failed)
2-1-4 (Secondary interrupt mask register
failed)
2-2-2 (Keyboard controller failed)
3-1-1 (Timer tick interrupt failed)
3-1-2 (Interval timer channel 2 failed)
3-1-4 (Time-of-Day clock failed)
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Description
v One beep
v A pause (or break)
v Two beeps
v A pause (or break)
v Three beeps
Four continuous beeps
FRU/action
1. Battery
2. I/O board
v I/O board
v I/O board
v I/O board
v I/O board
1. DIMM
2. Memory cassette
1. DIMM
2. Memory cassette
v I/O board
v I/O board
v I/O board
v I/O board
v I/O board
v I/O board
v I/O board
1. Battery
2. I/O board