server is beeping
Walking by the server closet I noticed that one of our servers (namely the one that hosts the company software/data) is beeping: low-high repeat. As soon as it started, I backed up all of the data stores to separate drives, but it's been fine since it started beeping yesterday afternoon.
Now I'm only the lowly software developer and our server/network admin is n/a so far, and no desktop machine I've ever worked on or with has had any serious problems before.
Details and Reiterated info without my dialogue:
- Beeping is low-high reapeating
- Intel Core2 Quad machine (if it helps)
- It's not one of the UPS'. I made certain that it was indeed the server beeping, and it was obvious considering that it's about 4ft high on the rack and the UPS' are on the floor.
- Runs Win Server 2k3
- Again, everything is still working fine. Even when I remote into the machine, there's no errors - nothing.
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Solution 1:
RAID array failure? Second power supply failure?
Solution 2:
Well, here's what I would do:
- Find the manual for that make and model of server, or for its motherboard. They're often available on the supplier's website if you can't find the dead tree version.
- Look up the definition of the beep code in there. Failing that:
- Call the vendor's tech support line.
Any beep codes are highly hardware dependent. Even PC BIOS beep codes are non-standard.