Troubleshooting Your Workstation
Case 3: Boot Fails, Monitor Is Blank, MaxiLife Displays Error Message
Chapter 7
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Pre-boot Test Errors
The following table shows the type of error messages that can occur during the pre-boot
checks.
Beep
Code
MaxiLife
Message
Cause... Check that...
1 beep CPU Socket Processor absent, not
correctly connected or
ZIP socket not closed
• Check processor correctly
connected and ZIP socket closed.
• Processor socket 2 contains a
terminator if it is unused.
2 beeps — Power supply is in
protected mode
• Power cables inside the
workstation are correctly
connected.
3 beeps Contin Module No continuity modules in
unused sockets
• If unused, memory sockets A2
and B2 must contain RDRAM
continuity modules.
No RIMM No RDRAM memory
modules installed
• Memory modules are installed
(two identical RDRAM modules
in sockets A1 and B1).
RIMM Speed The RDRAM modules
have incompatible speed
ratings
• All installed memory modules
have identical speed rating.
Mem Miscompare Incompatible RDRAM
memory module pairs
installed.
• Sockets A1 and B1 contain
identical RDRAM memory
modules (identical speed, size and
type).
• Sockets A2 and B2 contain
identical RDRAM memory
modules (identical speed, size and
type), or RDRAM continuity
modules.
Memory Error No memory, bad memory
modules, incompatible
memory module
• Memory modules are correctly
seated in sockets.
• If unused, memory sockets A2
and B2 must contain RDRAM
continuity modules.
4 beeps No Video Graphics card problem
• Video card installed.
• Video card seated correctly in the
AGP connector.
5 beeps PCI Detect PnP/PCI initialization
problem
• PCI cards are correctly inserted
in their slots.
• You can try removing a PCI card
to see if it is causing the problem.
6 beeps — Corrupted BIOS.
• You need to activate crisis
recovery procedure (refer to
page 177).
7 beeps — Defective system board
