No beep symptoms – IBM THINKPAD 760C/CD (9546) User Manual

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Symptom / Error

FRU / Action in Sequence

One beep, and the message
“Unable to access boot
source.”

1. Boot device
2. System board

One long, two short beeps
and a blank or unreadable
LCD.

1. System board
2. Video card
3. LCD assembly

One long beep followed by
four short beeps each time
the power switch is
operated.
(System cannot power-on
due to low battery voltage.)

Connect the AC Adapter
or install a fully charged
battery.

One beep every second.
(System is shutting down
due to low battery voltage.)

Connect the AC Adapter
or install a fully charged
battery (allows system to
complete shutdown
before changing the
battery).

Two short beeps with error
codes.

POST error. See
“Numeric Error Codes” on
page 359.

Two short beeps with blank
screen.

System board

No Beep Symptoms

Symptom / Error

FRU / Action in Sequence

No beep, power-on indicator
not on, and a blank LCD
during POST.

1. Go to “Power

Systems Checkout”
on page 349.

2. System board
3. DC/DC card
4. Power sources

No beep, power-on indicator
on, and a blank LCD during
POST.

1. System board
2. DC/DC card
3. CPU card

No beep, power-on indicator
on, and a blinking cursor
only during POST.

1. System board
2. CPU card
3. DC/DC card

No beep during POST but
system runs correctly.

1. Turn the volume up

and check the speaker.

2. Check whether the

DSP card or Audio
(ESS) card connector
is loose and reseat
the connector.

3. Speaker

4. DSP card/audio (ESS)

card

5. DC/DC card

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