Post Beep Codes - IBM 6648 - NetVista A40 - 128 MB RAM User Manual

Table 1. POST Error Codes (continued)
Code Description
178x Hard disk or IDE device failed
18xx A PCI adapter has requested an
unavailable resource.
1962 Boot sequence error
2400 Display adapter failed; using
alternate.
2462 Video configuration error.
5962 IDE CD-ROM configuration error
8601 Pointing device error
8603 Pointing device or system board
error
I9990301 Hard disk failure

POST beep codes

One beep and the appearance of text on the monitor indicate successful
completion of POST. More than one beep indicates that POST detected an
error. Beep codes are sounded in a series of two or three sets of beeps.
The duration of each beep is constant, but the length of the pause between the
beeps varies. For example, a 1–2–4 beep code sounds like one beep, a pause,
two consecutive beeps, another pause, and four more consecutive beeps.
For the following beep codes, the numbers indicate the sequence and number
of beeps. For example, a "2–3–2" error symptom (a burst of two beeps, three
beeps, then two beeps) indicates a memory module problem.
Action
1. Go to "IBM Enhanced
Diagnostics program" on
page 92 to run diagnostics on
the hard disk and the IDE
devices.
2. If the problem persists, have the
computer serviced.
Go to "Chapter 4. Using the
Configuration/Setup Utility
program" on page 29 and follow the
instructions to reconfigure the PCI
devices.
1. Go to "Changing the primary
startup sequence" on page 39
and follow the instructions to
verify that the startup sequence
is configured.
2. If the problem persists, have the
computer serviced.
Have the computer serviced.
Have the computer serviced.
Have the computer serviced.
Have the computer serviced.
Have the computer serviced.
Have the computer serviced.
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