This chapter describes the BIOS error and informational messages in the following sections:
The BIOS uses a series of beeps to alert you to problems during the boot process. In Table 4-1, a number indicates a that number of beeps, and a dash indicates a pause between beeps.
 | Note: The beeps will only be heard if an external speaker is connected to the front or rear line output ports, as described in “Chassis Front Controls and Indicators” in Chapter 1 and “Rear Panel I/O Ports and Features” in Chapter 1. |
Beep Code | Description |
|---|---|
1-1-5 | Memory failure (all four rows have mismatched SPD data). Specification require that all four DIMMs of any row must have the same SPD data. |
2-1-1 | Cannot recognize file system on media. File system must be FAT12 or FAT16. |
2-1-2 | File not present on the disk. |
2-1-3 | Recovery device not found. |
2-1-4 | Recovery device initialization failure. |
3-1-1 | Flash device initialization failure. |
3-1-2 | Flash update operation failed. |
3-1-3 | Recovery device failed during a read operation. |
3-1-4 | Flash device erase failure. |
3-1-5 | Flash device programming failure. |
3-1-6 | File verify operation (checksum) failed. |
3-1-7 | Processor patch installation failed. |
3-2-1 | File verify operation failed (invalid BIOS). |
3-2-2 | File verify operation failed (mismatched platform BIOS). |
3-2-3 | Boot block incompatible with BIOS. |
3-2-4 | Flash verify after write failed. |
3-3-1 | Recovery started. |
3-3-3 | Recovery completed successfully. |
This section describes the BIOS messages.
| Searching for Boot record from [device name]...OK | The BIOS searched for, and found, a valid boot image. The device name can be LS-120, HDD-0, HDD-1, CD-ROM, SCSI, or Network. | |
| Searching for Boot record from [device name]...Not Found | The BIOS searched for a valid boot image, but did not find one. | |
| Drive Not Ready. Insert BOOT diskette in FS0: | The SuperDisk (floppy) drive is not physically connected, or the drive does not have a diskette in the drive. | |
| Invalid Boot Diskette | The diskette in the SuperDisk drive contains an unformatted diskette. | |
| Non-System disk or disk error. Replace and strike any key when ready. | The diskette in the SuperDisk drive contains a formatted diskette, but not a valid boot diskette. |
| Password is incorrect! | The password you entered does not match the required password. | |
| Password must be cleared before a new password can be set! | Use the Clear User Password or Clear Administrator Password button on the Security tab to clear the password before entering a new password. | |
| Password cannot be zero length! | A password must contain one or more characters. | |
| Password entries do not match! | The passwords entered in the Password Verification dialog do not match. Enter the passwords again. | |
| Altered settings have not been saved! Selecting "Continue" will discard changes. | Configuration settings have been changed but not saved. Click Continue to exit without saving the changes, or click Clear to return to the Configuration Manager. |
| PXE-E05: Download buffer is smaller than requested file. | The size of the requested file is larger than the allocated download buffer. | |
| PXE-E07: Network device error. | The network device could not be initialized or had some other unexpected failure. | |
| PXE-E09: Could not allocate I/O buffers. | There is not enough system memory to allocate network I/O buffers. | |
| PXE-E12: Could not detect network connection. Check cable. | The network cable is not connected to the network interface card (NIC), or something is wrong with the NIC or the network cable. | |
| PXE-E16: Valid PXE offer not received. | The client did not receive a valid PXE offer. This error is displayed for one or more of the following reasons:
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| PXE-E21: Remote boot cancelled. | You pressed Esc or Ctrl+C or selected a Local Boot option from the remote boot menu. | |
| PXE-E22: Client received an ICMP error from server. | An ICMP error was sent to the client by a PXE bootserver or M/TFTP server. | |
| PXE-E23: Client received TFTP error from server. | A TFTP server sent a TFTP error packet to the client. | |
| PXE-E98: <extra information about previous error code> | If available, extra error information will be displayed about the previous error message. | |
| PXE-E99: Unexpected network error: XXh | An EFI status code is returned by the network drivers that was not expected by the PXE LoadFile protocol. |