HP Kayak XU 04xx HP Kayak XU Series 04xx, HP MaxiLife Hardware Monitoring - Page 28

HP MaxiLife® Hardware Monitoring Beep Codes Beep Codes If a terminal error occurs during POST, the system issues a beep code before attempting to display the error in the upper left corner of the screen. Beep codes are useful for identifying the error when the system is unable to display the error message. Beep Pattern Beep Numeric Code Code Description 1-2-2-3 1-3-1-1 16h BIOS ROM checksum failure 20h DRAM refresh test failure 1-3-1-3 1-3-4-1 1-3-4-3 1-4-1-1 22h 8742 Keyboard controller test failure 2Ch RAM failure on address line xxxx1 2Eh RAM failure on data bits xxxx1 of low byte of memory bus 30h RAM failure on data bits xxxx1 of high byte of memory bus -- - -- --- 2-1-2-3 46h ROM copyright notice check failure -- -- --- - 2-2-3-1 58h Unexpected interrupts test failure - -- 1-2 98h Video configuration failure or option ROMs checksum failure 4-4-2-4 F7 Crisis Recovery Failure - 1 F4h This does not indicate an error. There is one short beep before system startup. 1.If the BIOS detects error 2C or 2E (base 512K RAM error), it displays an additional word-bitmap (xxxx) indicating the address line or bits that failed. For example, "2C 0002" means address line 1 (bit one set) has failed. "2E 1020" means data bits 12 and 5 (bits 12 and 5 set) have failed in the lower 16 bits. HP MaxiLife® is a registered trademark of Hewlett-Packard. Pentium® is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation. Xeon™ is a trademark of Intel Corporation. 28