IBM HS40 - BladeCenter - 8839, Maintenance And Troubleshooting Manual

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Note: See Chapter 7, “Parts listing, Type 8839,” on page 105 to determine which components should be replaced by
a field service technician.
Number of beeps/symptom FRU/action
5 short, 1 long
(No memory found in system)
1. Install or reseat memory, then perform a blade server reset.
2. DIMMs.
3. Processor board.
6 short, 1 long
(Memory is not DDR type)
1. Replace with supported DIMMs.
2. DIMMs.
3. Processor board.
7 short, 1 long
(SMBUS error. Memory
enumerations cannot proceed.)
1. Processor board
2. I/O board
Baseboard management controller (BMC) beep codes
The following table lists the BMC error beep codes.
Beep code/symptom FRU/action
1-5-1-1 (Microprocessor
failure)
1. Microprocessor
2. Processor board
1-5-2-2 (No
microprocessors)
1. Microprocessor
2. Processor board
1-5-2-3 (VID mismatch,
population rules violation,
microprocessor mismatch)
1. Make sure all microprocessors are supported by the
BIOS and of the same family, model, stepping, speed,
and cache size.
2. Microprocessor.
1-5-4-2 (Power fault: dc
power unexpectedly lost)
1. Reseat blade server and power cycle the blade
server.
2. Reseat dc power cable.
3. Processor board.
4. I/O board.
1-5-4-4 (Power control fault)
1. Reseat blade server and power cycle the blade
server.
2. Flex cable.
3. Auxiliary power cable.
4. Processor board.
5. I/O board.
No-beep symptoms
Note: See Chapter 7, “Parts listing, Type 8839,” on page 105 to determine which components should be replaced by
a field service technician.
No-beep symptom FRU/action
No beep and no video (System
error LED is OFF)
See “Undetermined problems” on page 101.
No beep and no video (System
Attention LED is ON)
See “Diagnosing problems using the light path diagnostics feature” on page
27.
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