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-X
4
Use the following table to diagnose beep symptoms.
Beep Symptom
1-1-3CMOS read-write error
1-1-4ROM BIOS check error
1-2-XDMA error
1-3-X
1-4-4
1-4-XError detected in first 64 KB of RAM
2-1-1, 2-1-2
2-1-XFirst 64 KB of RAM failed
2-2-2
2-2-XFirst 64 KB of RAM failed
2-3-X
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Description
v One beep
v A pause (or break)
v Two beeps
v A pause (or break)
v Any number of breaks
Four continuous beeps
FRU/Action
1. Run Setup
2. System Board
1. System Board
1. System Board
1. Memory Module
2. System Board
1. Keyboard
2. System Board
1. Memory Module
2. System Board
1. Run Setup
2. System Board
1. Memory Module
2. System Board
1. Video Adapter (if installed)
2. System Board
1. Memory Module
2. System Board
1. Memory Module
2. System Board