Dell Vostro 3460 Owner's Manual page 54

Table 7. Diagnostic Beep Codes
Beep
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
54
Description
BIOS ROM checksum in progress of
failure.
No RAM detected
• Chipset Error (North and
South Bridge Chipset,
DMA/IMR/Timer Error)
• Time-Of-Day Clock test failure
• Gate A20 failure
• Super I/O chip failure
• Keyboard controller test
failure
RAM Read/Write failure
Real-time clock power fail
Video BIOS Test Failure
Processor Failure
Display
Possible Cause/Troubleshooting
Steps
System board failure, covers BIOS
corruption or ROM error
If no memory is detected, you can
perform the following steps:
• reseat the memory if an
additional memory is available
• install that memory if the
issue persists
• issue with the memory
connector
System board failure
If no memory is detected, you can
perform the following steps:
• reseat the memory if an
additional memory is available
• install that memory if the
issue persists
• issue with the memory
connector
CMOS battery failure. Reseat the
battery. If issue persists, there can be
an issue with the coin-cell battery or
the connector (that will involve
replacing the system board)
Video card failure
Processor failure
Display failure