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Hardware Installation Guide for Cisco Media Experience Engine 3000
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Chapter 5 Troubleshooting the Cisco MXE 3000
Power-On Self Test (POST)
Step 5 Reconnect the system to the electrical outlet or power strip.
Make sure that all connections fit tightly together.
Step 6 Power up the system.
Is the problem resolved?
Ye s. The connections were loose. You have fixed the problem.
No. Call your customer service representative. (See the “Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a
Service Request” section on page x.)
Power-On Self Test (POST)
This section describes the power-on self test (POST) and the POST error codes and messages.
This section contains the following topics:
• POST Overview, page 5-3
• POST Error Codes, page 5-4
POST Overview
When you power up the device, it performs a series of tests to check the operation of device components
and some of the hardware options installed in the device. This series of tests is called the power-on
self-test, or POST.
If POST finishes without detecting any problems, a single beep sounds, and the first screen of your
operating system or application program appears.
If POST detects a problem, more than one beep sounds, and an error message appears on your screen.
See the
“POST Error Codes” section on page 5-4 for more information.
Note If you have a power-up password or administrator password set, you must enter the password and press
Enter when prompted, before POST will continue.
Note A single problem might cause several error messages. When this situation occurs, you should correct the
cause of the first error message. After you correct the cause of the first error message, the other error
messages usually will not occur the next time that you run the test.
The POST error log contains the three most recent error codes and messages that the system generated
during POST. The system error log contains all messages issued during POST and all system status
messages from the service processor.
You can view the contents of the system error log from the diagnostic programs.