IBM 8835 - Eserver 325 - 1 GB RAM, Maintenance And Troubleshooting Manual

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Beep symptoms
Beep symptoms are short tones or a series of short tones separated by pauses
(intervals without sound). See the examples in the following table.
Beeps Description
1-2-3
v
One beep
v
A pause (or break)
v
Two beeps
v A pause (or break)
v Three beeps
4 Four continuous beeps
One beep after successfully completing POST indicates that the server is
functioning correctly.
Note: See “System” on page 94 to determine which components should be replaced by a field service technician.
Beep/symptom FRU/action
1-1-3
(CMOS write/read test failed)
1. Battery
2. System board
1-1-4
(BIOS PROM checksum failed)
v
System board
1-2-1
(Programmable Interval Timer failed)
v System board
1-2-2
(DMA initialization failed)
v
System board
1-2-3
(DMA page register write/read failed)
v System board
1-3-1
(first 64K RAM test failed)
1. DIMM
2. System board
2-1-1
(Secondary DMA register failed)
v
System board
2-1-2
(Primary DMA register failed)
v System board
2-1-3
(Primary interrupt mask register
failed)
v
System board
2-1-4
(Secondary interrupt mask register
failed)
v
System board
2-2-2
(Keyboard controller failed)
1. Keyboard
2. System board
2-2-3
(CMOS power failure and checksum
checks failed)
1. Battery
2. System board
2-4-1
(Video failed; system believed
operable)
v
System board
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