Dell PowerEdge SC1420 - Manual (Page 20)

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.
If a beep code is emitted, write down the series of beeps and then look it up in Table 2 -5 . If you are unable to resolve the problem by looking up the meaning
of the beep code, use system diagnostics to identify the possible cause. If you are still unable to resolve the problem, see " Getting Help ."
Table 2-5. Server Module Beep Codes
NOTICE: The [primary/secondary/primary serial] IDE
[master/slave] hard drive SELF MONITORING SYSTEM has
reported that a parameter has exceeded its normal operating
range. Dell recommends that you back up your data
regularly. A parameter out of range may or may not indicate
a potential hard drive problem.
During initial start-up, the drive detected
possible error conditions.
When your system finishes booting,
immediately back up your data and replace
your hard drive. See "
Hard Drives " in
"Installing drives."
If no replacement hard drive is immediately
available and the drive is not the only
bootable drive, enter the System Setup
program and change the appropriate drive
setting to Off. See your User's Guide for
details. Then remove the hard drive from the
system.
Write fault
The operating system cannot write to the
diskette drive or hard drive.
See " Troubleshooting a Diskette Drive " or
" Troubleshooting a SATA Hard Drive " and
" Troubleshooting a SCSI Hard Drive " in
"Troubleshooting Your System."
Write fault on selected drive
The operating system cannot write to the
diskette drive or hard drive.
See " Troubleshooting a Diskette Drive " or
" Troubleshooting a SATA Hard Drive " and
" Troubleshooting a SCSI Hard Drive " in
"Troubleshooting Your System."
x:\ is not accessible. The device is not ready
The diskette drive cannot read the
diskette.
Insert a diskette into the drive and try again.
NOTE: If the system boots without a keyboard, mouse, or monitor attached, the system does not issue beep codes related to those peripherals.
Code Cause Corrective Action
1-1-2 CPU register test failure See " Troubleshooting the Processors " in "Troubleshooting Your System."
1-1-3 CMOS write/read failure; faulty system
board
Faulty system board. See " Getting Help ."
1-1-4 BIOS checksum failure
1-2-1 Programmable interval-timer failure;
faulty system board
1-2-2 DMA initialization failure See " Troubleshooting System Memory " in "Troubleshooting Your System."
1-2-3 DMA page register write/read failure
1-3-1 Main-memory refresh verification failure
1-3-2 No memory installed
1-3-3 Chip or data line failure in the first 64 KB
of main memory
1-3-4 Odd/even logic failure in the first 64 KB of
main memory
1-4-1 Address line failure in the first 64 KB of
main memory
1-4-2 Parity failure in the first 64 KB of main
memory
1-4-3 Fail-safe timer test failure
1-4-4 Software NMI port test failure
2-1-1
through
2-4-4
Bit failure in the first 64 KB of main
memory
3-1-1 Slave DMA-register failure Faulty system board. See " Getting Help ."
3-1-2 Master DMA-register failure
3-1-3 Master interrupt-mask register failure
3-1-4 Slave interrupt-mask register failure
3-2-2 Interrupt vector loading failure
3-2-4 Keyboard-controller test failure
3-3-1 CMOS failure