Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 13:09:10 -0700 From: Samuel Clements <sclements@linkline.com> To: "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@hub.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [OT] BIOS Beep Codes on Intel Server with AMI BIOS ... Message-ID: <432731E6.2090504@linkline.com> In-Reply-To: <20050913154317.F1170@ganymede.hub.org> References: <20050913150456.H1170@ganymede.hub.org> <43271610.2000401@linkline.com> <20050913154317.F1170@ganymede.hub.org>
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Marc G. Fournier wrote: > > Oh my gawd! I've been going at this from a memory issue :( > > 'k, stupid question before I write off the memory issue perspective > (since I have Kingston ready to take the whole server and do tests on > it) ... I'm running the SE7520JR2ATAD2 motherboard, with an ICP-Vortex > RAID controller .. the 'beeps' happen just after the 'BIOS Lan Console' > pops on the screen, and *long* before the ICP-Vortex RAID controller > BIOS does ... which is why I never thought RAID controller ... > > Is there an onboard RAID controller or something that these Beeps > pertain to? As I understand it, it's the RAID controller initialization - like when it gets power and fires up the CPU, etc - not the 'lets POST now and give audible beeps during messages' bit. This happened on the Intel Controllers that were based off of the ICP-Vortex design. My guess is you have an actual ICP controller and I'd expect it to behave the same way. There is of course an easy way to confirm this - remove the controller and see if the beeps go away.. ;) -Sam
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