Ciara Enterprise/Discovery 945GTP
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8.0: Troubleshooting your system
8.1: BIOS Errors and Messages
When the power to the Ciara Enterprise/Discovery 945GTP is first turned on, the Intel/AMI BIOS performs various
diagnostic tests. If an error occurs during these tests, then an error message will be displayed on the screen, or if the
error occurs before the display has been initialized, then the system will report the error with several beeps on the
speaker. The number of beeps and their duration characterizes the error.
Errors will either be FATAL, i.e.: the system will halt after reporting the error, or NON FATAL, i.e.: the system
may be able to boot after reporting the error, although it may not operate reliably or consistently. Please contact your
service representative if you have any questions.
8.2: Beep Codes
The following table shows the meaning of the number of beeps.
Beep Description
1 Refresh failure
2 Parity cannot be reset
3 First 64 KB memory failure
4 Timer not operational
5 Not used
6 8042 GateA20 cannot be toggled
7 Exception interrupt error
8 Display memory R/W error
9 Not used
10 CMOS Shutdown register test error
11 Invalid BIOS (e.g. POST module not found, etc.)
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