Dell PowerEdge 700 - Manual (Page 30)

System Beep Codes
If an error that cannot be reported on the screen occurs during POST, the system may emit a series of beeps that identifies the problem.
ROM bad checksum = address
Faulty or improperly installed expansion card. See " Troubleshooting Expansion Cards " in " Troubleshooting Your
System ."
SATA port n hard disk drive
auto-sensing error
SATA port n hard disk drive
configuration error
SATA port n hard drive
failure
Faulty or improperly installed hard drive. Ensure that the hard drive cables are properly connected. See
"
Troubleshooting a SATA Hard Drive Connected to the Integrated Drive
Controller " and " Troubleshooting a SATA Hard Drive in a RAID
Configuration (When Available) " in " Troubleshooting Your System ."
SATA port n hard drive not
found
Incorrect configuration settings in the System
Setup program. The drive setting is Auto but no
drive is installed.
Run the System Setup program to correct the settings. See "Using the
System Setup Program" in your User's Guide.
Sector not found
Faulty diskette or hard drive. Replace the diskette. If the problem persists, replace the hard drive.
See " Hard Drives " in " Installing Drives ."
Seek error
Seek operation failed
Shutdown failure
Shutdown test failure. See " Troubleshooting System Memory " in " Troubleshooting Your
System ."
Time-of-day clock stopped
Faulty battery. See " Troubleshooting the System Battery " in " Troubleshooting Your
System ."
Time-of-day not set - please
run SETUP program
Incorrect Time or Date settings; faulty system
battery.
Check the Time and Date settings (see "Using the System Setup
Program" in your User's Guide). If the problem persists, replace the
system battery (see "
System Battery " in " Installing System Options ").
Timer chip counter 2 failed
Faulty system board. See " Getting Help ."
Unexpected interrupt in
protected mode
Faulty or improperly installed memory modules or
faulty system board.
See " Troubleshooting System Memory " in " Troubleshooting Your
System ." If the problem persists, see " Getting Help ."
Unsupported CPU stepping
detected
Processor is not supported by the system. Update the BIOS firmware (see " Getting Help ").
Utility partition not
available
The key was pressed during POST, but no
utility partition exists on the boot hard drive.
Create a utility partition on the boot hard drive (see the Dell
OpenManage Server Assistant CD).
Warning! No microcode update
loaded for processor n
BIOS error. Update the BIOS firmware (see " Getting Help ").
Write fault
Faulty diskette, CD/diskette-drive subsystem,
hard drive, or hard-drive subsystem.
See " Troubleshooting a Diskette Drive ," " Troubleshooting a CD, DVD,
or CD-RW/DVD Drive ," Troubleshooting SATA Hard Drives ," or
" Troubleshooting SCSI Hard Drives " in " Troubleshooting Your System ."
Write fault on selected
drive
NOTE: If the system boots without a keyboard, mouse, or monitor attached, the system does not issue beep codes related to those peripherals.