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Beep symptoms – Lenovo 3000 C305 All-In-One User Manual

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Beep symptoms

Beep symptoms are tones or a series of tones separated by pauses
(intervals without sound) during POST.

The following tables describes beep symptoms.

Beep Symptom

FRU/Action

1 beep
Memory refresh timer error

Reseat the memory, or replace with
known good modules.

2 beeps
Parity error in base memory (first
64KB block)
3 beeps
Base memory read/write test error

4 beeps
Motherboard timer not operational

Fatal error indicating a serious
problem with the system. Consult
your system manufacturer. Before
declaring the motherboard beyond
all hope, eliminate the possibility
of interference by a malfunctioning
add-in card. Remove all expansion
cards except the video adapter.
• If beep codes are generated

when all other expansion cards
are absent, consult your system
manufacturer’s technical support.

• If beep codes are not generated

when all other expansion cards
are absent, one of the add-in cards
is causing the malfunction. Insert
the cards back into the system
one at a time until the problem
happens again. This will reveal the
malfunctioning card.

5 beeps
Processor error

6 beeps
8042 Gate A20 test error (cannot
switch to protected mode)

7 beeps
General exception error (processor
exception interrupt error)

8 beeps
Display memory error (system video
adapter)

If the system video adapter is an
add-in card, replace or reseat the
video adapter. If the video adapter
is an integrated part of the system
board, the board may be faulty.

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