Table3.Errormessages(continued)
Symptomorerror
FRUoraction,insequence
1.Checkthattheoperatingsystemhasnofailureandis
installedcorrectly.
2.Reinstalltheoperationsystem.
Excludedfrombootorder.
•EntertheThinkPadSetupprogramandaddthedevice
inbootorder.
Beepsymptoms
Table4.Beepsymptoms
Symptomorerror
FRUoraction,insequence
Onebeepandablank,unreadable,orashingLCD.1.ReseattheLCDconnector.
2.LCDassembly.
3.ExternalCRT.
4.Systemboard.
Onelongandtwoshortbeeps,andablankorunreadable
LCD.
1.Systemboard.
2.LCDassembly.
3.DIMM.
Twoshortbeepswitherrorcodes.
POSTerror.See“Numericerrorcodes”onpage43.
Twoshortbeepsandablankscreen.
1.Systemboard.
2.DIMM.
Twoormorebeeps,oracontinuousbeep.Operating
systemstartssuccessfully.
Ifamini-PCIEthernetcardisinstalled,conrmthatAlert
OnLAN2intheThinkPadSetupprogramisdisabled.
Threeshortbeeps,pause,threemoreshortbeeps,and
oneshortbeep.
Oneshortbeep,pause,threeshortbeeps,pause,three
moreshortbeeps,andoneshortbeep.
1.DIMM.
2.Systemboard.
Onlythecursorappears.
Reinstalltheoperatingsystem.
Fourcyclesoffourshortbeepsandablankscreen.
Systemboard(securitychip)
Fiveshortbeepsandablankscreen.
Systemboard
No-beepsymptoms
Table5.No-beepsymptoms
Symptomorerror
FRUoraction,insequence
Nobeep,power-onindicatoron,LCDblank,andno
POST.
1.Makesurethateveryconnectorisconnected
tightlyandcorrectly.
2.DIMM.
3.Systemboard.
Nobeep,power-onindicatoron,andLCDblankduring
POST.
1.ReseatDIMM.
2.Systemboard.
Thepower-onpasswordpromptappears.Apower-onpasswordorasupervisorpasswordisset.
TypethepasswordandpressEnter.
Thehard-diskpasswordpromptappears.Ahard-diskpasswordisset.Typethepasswordand
pressEnter.
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