Post Beep Codes - IBM eServer 232 xSeries User Reference Manual

Post beep codes

In addition to the beep codes that are described on page 95, your computer might
emit beep codes that are described in the following table. For example, a 1-2-3 beep
code is one beep, a pause, two consecutive beeps, another pause, and three more
consecutive beeps.
Table 12. POST beep codes.
Beep code
1-1-2 Microprocessor register test has failed.
1-1-3 CMOS write/read test has failed.
1-1-4 BIOS ROM checksum has failed.
1-2-1 Programmable Interval Timer test has
failed.
1-2-2 DMA initialization has failed.
1-2-3 DMA page register write/read test has
failed.
1-4-3 Interrupt vector loading test has failed.
2-1-1 Secondary DMA register test has failed.
2-1-2 Primary DMA register test has failed.
2-1-3 Primary interrupt mask register test has
failed.
2-1-4 Secondary interrupt mask register test
has failed.
2-2-1 Interrupt vector loading has failed.
2-2-2 Keyboard controller test has failed.
2-2-3 CMOS power failure and checksum
checks have failed.
2-2-4 CMOS configuration information
validation has failed.
2-3-2 Screen memory test has failed.
2-3-3 Screen retrace tests have failed.
2-3-4 Search for video ROM has failed.
2-4-1 Screen test indicates the screen is
operable.
3-1-1 Timer tick interrupt test has failed.
3-1-2 Interval timer channel 2 test has failed.
3-1-3 RAM test has failed above address hex
0FFFF.
3-1-4 Time-of-Day clock test has failed.
3-2-1 Serial port test has failed.
3-2-4 Comparison of CMOS memory size
against actual has failed.
2-3-1 3-3-2 Screen initialization has failed. I2C bus
has failed.
Description Action
Call for service.
Call for service.
Turn off the server and then
restart the server. If the problem
persists, call for service.
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