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Dell PowerEdge 1600SC Server occasionally beeps when running

By gsmith241 on Sep 26, 2008

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Our Dell PowerEdge 1600sc server is running our services fine, with no apparent problems, but recently it is sounding a series of beeps for a few minutes, then stops. There appears to be nothing wrong with server from the display screen. I have a feeling it might be something to do with the power supply or temperature problems. I worry that these beeps are a fore warning to something bad. Any advice is welcome.

Regards,

Greg

Comments:

Sep 26, 2008

- I now do not think it is a BIOS beep. It sounds different. There is no long and short beeps and these beeps do not take place during boot up. Each beep has a stacatto sound to it, and they are all the same length.

Greg

Jan 06, 2009

- The beeps ended up coming from our UPS, which had a defunct backup battery. Once we replaced the battery the beeps stopped. Thank you for all of the suggestions that were submitted.

Greg Smith

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posted on Sep 26, 2008

CJ_Brewer

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Rating: 89%, 70 votes

Check out this site:

http://bioscentral.com/postcodes/dellbios.htm

Write down the exact number of beeps and how long they last to find what the error means. The are call BIOS post codes and they resemble Morse Code. (ie. one long, 3 short, 2 long = RAM issue) Good luck!!

Comments:

Sep 26, 2008

- Why only 3/4 when I gave you the correct solution? That's not very fair.

Sep 26, 2008

- Gotcha.

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Solution #2

posted on Oct 10, 2008

usavoroa

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http://dell-driver.driveray.com/dell-drivers/r_3_1.shtml

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Solution #3

posted on Dec 31, 2008

martinmarty

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Can you tell for sure where the beep is coming from? Could it be the disk controller card beeping? I believe the PERC cards have a separate speaker on the card itself. If you are lucky maybe it is warning that it's battery is bad. If you are less lucky maybe it is warning you of an impending disk failure.

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