Dell Vostro 3460 (Early 2012) User Manual
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Table 7. Diagnostic Beep Codes
Beep
Description
Possible Cause/Troubleshooting
Steps
1
BIOS ROM checksum in progress of
failure.
System board failure, covers BIOS
corruption or ROM error
2
No RAM detected
If no memory is detected, you can
perform the following steps:
•
reseat the memory if an
additional memory is available
•
install that memory if the
issue persists
•
issue with the memory
connector
3
•
Chipset Error (North and
South Bridge Chipset,
DMA/IMR/Timer Error)
•
Time-Of-Day Clock test failure
•
Gate A20 failure
•
Super I/O chip failure
•
Keyboard controller test
failure
System board failure
4
RAM Read/Write failure
If no memory is detected, you can
perform the following steps:
•
reseat the memory if an
additional memory is available
•
install that memory if the
issue persists
•
issue with the memory
connector
5
Real-time clock power fail
CMOS battery failure. Reseat the
battery. If issue persists, there can be
an issue with the coin-cell battery or
the connector (that will involve
replacing the system board)
6
Video BIOS Test Failure
Video card failure
7
Processor Failure
Processor failure
8
Display
Display failure
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