Beep Symptoms (Netfinity 7000-M10 - Type 8680)

Beep Symptoms

Beep symptoms are short tones or a series of short tones separated by pauses (intervals without sound).
See the following examples.

Note: One beeps after successfully completing POST indicated the system is functioning properly.

Beeps	Description
1-2-3	° One beep
	° A pause (or break)
	° Two beeps
	° A pause (or break)
	° Three beeps
4	Four continuous beeps

Beep/Symptom	FRU/Action
1-1-2	1. VRMs A and B
(Processor register test failed)	2. BSP Processor
	3. Processor Board
1-1-3	1. Battery, see 'Battery'.
(CMOS write/read test failed)	2. I/O Function Card
	3. I/O Board
1-1-4	1. I/O Board
(BIOS ROM checksum failed)	2. Processor Board
1-2-1	1. I/O Function Card
(Programmable Interval Timer failed)	2. I/O Board
1-2-2	1. I/O Function Card
(DMA initialization failed)	2. I/O Board
	3. Processor Board
1-2-3	1. I/O Function Card
(DMA page register write/read failed)	2. I/O Board
	3. Processor Board
1-2-4	1. Processor Board
RAM refresh verification failed	2. Memory Card
1-3-1	1. If Memory Card LED is on, replace DIMM
(1st 64K RAM test failed)	2. Memory Card 1
	3. Memory Card 2, if installed
	4. Processor Board
1-3-2	1. If Memory Card LED is on, replace DIMM
(1st 64K RAM parity test failed)	2. Memory Card 1
	3. Memory Card 2, if installed
	4. Processor Board
2-1-1	1. I/O Function Card
(Secondary DMA register failed)	2. I/O Board
	3. Processor Board
2-1-2	1. I/O Function Card
(Primary DMA register failed)	2. I/O Board
	3. Processor Board
2-1-3	1. I/O Board
(Primary interrupt mask register failed)	2. Processor Board
2-1-4	1. I/O Board
(Secondary interrupt mask register failed)	2. Processor Board
2-2-1	1. I/O Board
(Interrupt vector loading failed)	2. Processor Board
2-2-2	1. I/O Function Card
(Keyboard controller failed)	2. Keyboard
2-2-3	1. Battery, see 'Battery'.
(CMOS power failure and checksum	2. I/O Function Card
checks failed)	3. I/O Board
2-2-4	1. Battery, see 'Battery'.
(CMOS configuration info validation failed)	2. I/O Function Card
2-3-1	1. I/O Function Card
(Screen initialization failed)
2-3-2	1. I/O Function Card
(Screen memory failed)
2-3-3	1. I/O Function Card
(Screen retrace failed)
2-3-4	1. I/O Function Card
(Search for video ROM failed)
2-4-1	1. I/O Function Card
(Video failed, screen believed operable)
3-1-1	1. I/O Function Card
(Timer tick interrupt failed)	2. I/O Board
3-1-2	1. I/O Function Card
(Interval timer channel 2 failed)	2. I/O Board
3-1-3	1. If Memory Card LED is on, replace DIMM
(RAM test failed above address 0FFFFH)	2. Memory Card 1
	3. Memory Card 2, if installed
	4. Processor Board
3-1-4	1. Battery, see 'Battery'.
(Time-Of-Day clock failed)	2. I/O Function Card
3-2-1	1. I/O Function Card
(Serial port failed)
3-2-2	1. I/O Function Card
(Parallel port failed)
3-2-3	1. Processor
(Math coprocessor failed)	2. Processor Board
3-2-4	1. If Memory Card LED is on, replace DIMM
(Failure comparing CMOS memory size	2. Memory Card 1
against actual)	3. Memory Card 2, if installed
	4. Processor Board
	5. Battery, see 'Battery'.
3-3-1	1. If Memory Card LED is on, replace DIMM
(Memory size mismatch occurred)	2. Memory Card 1
	3. Memory Card 2, if installed
	4. Processor Board
	5. Battery, see 'Battery'.
3-3-2	1. Disconnect the server power cord from outlet,
(Critical SMBUS error occurred)	wait 30 seconds and retry.
	2. See 'SMBUS Error (3-3-2)'.
Three Short Beeps	1. If Memory Card LED is on, replace DIMM
	2. Memory Card 1
	3. Memory Card 2, if installed
	4. Processor Board
One Continuous Beep	1. Processor
	2. Processor Board
Repeating Short Beeps	1. Keyboard
	2. I/O Function Card
	3. I/O Board
One Long and One Short Beep	1. Video adapter, is installed
	2. I/O Function Card
One Long and Two Short Beeps	1. Video adapter, if installed
	2. I/O Function Card
One Long and Three Short Beeps	1. Monitor (Display)
	2. I/O Function Card
Two Long and Two Short Beeps	1. Video adapter, if installed
	2. I/O Function Card