Technical Product Specification

Appendix C: POST Error Messages and Handling Intel® Server Board S5500BC TPS
Intel order number: E42249-009 Revision 1.8
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Table 79. POST Error Beep Codes
Beeps
Error Message
POST Progress Code
Description
3
Memory error
Multiple
System halted because a fatal error related to the
memory was detected.
The following Beep Codes are from the BMC, and are controlled by the Firmware team. They are listed here
for convenience.
1-5-2-1
CPU: Empty slot /
population error.
N/A
CPU sockets are populated incorrectly  CPU1 must be
populated before CPU2.
1-5-4-2
Power fault: DC
power
unexpectedly lost
(power good
dropout)
N/A
Power unit sensors  power unit failure offset.
1-5-4-4
Power control fault
(Power good
assertion timeout)
N/A
Power unit sensors  soft power control failure offset.
In case of POST error(s) that are listed as Major, the BIOS enters the error manager and waits
for the user to press an appropriate key before booting the operating system or entering the
BIOS Setup.
The user can override this option by setting the POST Error Pause option as disabled on the
BIOS setup Main screen. If this option is disabled, the system boots the operating system
without user intervention. The default is disabled.