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Repeating, beeps, short, Other, codes

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Note: See the Hardware Maintenance Manual and Troubleshooting Guide on the IBM xSeries Documentation CD for more information about the POST beep codes. One beep POST was completed successfully. Repeating long beeps A memory error has occurred. Make sure that all DIMMs are correctly installed. One long beep and two short beeps A video error has occurred, and the BIOS cannot initialize the monitor screen to display additional information. Other beep codes Additional beep codes are listed in the following table. Table 5. POST beep code descriptions Beep code Description Beep 1-1-2 Processor register test failed Beep 1-1-3 CMOS write/read test failed Beep 1-1-4 BIOS EEPROM checksum failed Beep 1-2-1 Programmable interval timer failed Beep 1-2-2 DMA initialization failed Beep 1-2-3 DMA page register write/read failed Beep 1-2-4 RAM refresh verification failed Beep 1-3-1 First 64K RAM test failed Beep 1-3-2 First 64K RAM parity test failed Beep 2-1-1 Secondary DMA register failed Beep 2-1-2 Primary DMA register failed Beep 2-1-3 Primary interrupt mask register failed Beep 2-1-4 Secondary interrupt mask register failed Beep 2-2-2 Keyboard controller failed Beep 2-2-3 CMOS power failure and checksum checks failed Beep 2-2-4 CMOS configuration information validation failed Beep 2-3-1 Screen initialization failed Beep 2-3-2 Screen memory failed Beep 2-3-3 Screen retrace failed Beep 2-3-4 Search for video ROM failed Beep 2-4-1 Video failed Beep 2-4-4 Invalid memory configuration Beep 3-1-1 Timer tick interrupt failed Beep 3-1-2 Interval timer channel 2 failed Beep 3-1-3 RAM test failed above address OFFFFH Beep 3-1-4 Time of day clock failed Beep 3-2-1 Serial port failed Beep 3-2-2 Parallel port failed 56 IBM xSeries 336 Type 8837: Installation Guide

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Note:
See
the
Hardware
Maintenance
Manual
and
Troubleshooting
Guide
on
the
IBM
xSeries
Documentation
CD
for
more
information
about
the
POST
beep
codes.
One
beep
POST
was
completed
successfully.
Repeating
long
beeps
A
memory
error
has
occurred.
Make
sure
that
all
DIMMs
are
correctly
installed.
One
long
beep
and
two
short
beeps
A
video
error
has
occurred,
and
the
BIOS
cannot
initialize
the
monitor
screen
to
display
additional
information.
Other
beep
codes
Additional
beep
codes
are
listed
in
the
following
table.
Table
5.
POST
beep
code
descriptions
Beep
code
Description
Beep
1-1-2
Processor
register
test
failed
Beep
1-1-3
CMOS
write/read
test
failed
Beep
1-1-4
BIOS
EEPROM
checksum
failed
Beep
1-2-1
Programmable
interval
timer
failed
Beep
1-2-2
DMA
initialization
failed
Beep
1-2-3
DMA
page
register
write/read
failed
Beep
1-2-4
RAM
refresh
verification
failed
Beep
1-3-1
First
64K
RAM
test
failed
Beep
1-3-2
First
64K
RAM
parity
test
failed
Beep
2-1-1
Secondary
DMA
register
failed
Beep
2-1-2
Primary
DMA
register
failed
Beep
2-1-3
Primary
interrupt
mask
register
failed
Beep
2-1-4
Secondary
interrupt
mask
register
failed
Beep
2-2-2
Keyboard
controller
failed
Beep
2-2-3
CMOS
power
failure
and
checksum
checks
failed
Beep
2-2-4
CMOS
configuration
information
validation
failed
Beep
2-3-1
Screen
initialization
failed
Beep
2-3-2
Screen
memory
failed
Beep
2-3-3
Screen
retrace
failed
Beep
2-3-4
Search
for
video
ROM
failed
Beep
2-4-1
Video
failed
Beep
2-4-4
Invalid
memory
configuration
Beep
3-1-1
Timer
tick
interrupt
failed
Beep
3-1-2
Interval
timer
channel
2
failed
Beep
3-1-3
RAM
test
failed
above
address
OFFFFH
Beep
3-1-4
Time
of
day
clock
failed
Beep
3-2-1
Serial
port
failed
Beep
3-2-2
Parallel
port
failed
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IBM
xSeries
336
Type
8837:
Installation
Guide