Bios Error Messages - Acer Altos G530 Series User Manual

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BIOS error messages

When a recoverable error occurs during POST, BIOS will display an error
message describing the problem.
The following table defines the error messages that may be displayed
if the system BIOS detects an error during POST.
Error message
Memory BIOS messages
Gate20 error
Multi-Bit ECC Error
Parity Error
Boot BIOS messages
Boot Failure
Invalid Boot Diskette
Drive Not Ready
A: Drive Error
Insert BOOT diskette in A:
Reboot and Select proper Boot
device or Insert Boot Media in
selected Boot device.
NO ROM BASIC
Description
An error occurred with Gate A20 when
switching to protected mode during the
memory test.
A multiple bit corruption of memory has
occurred, and the ECC memory algorithm
cannot correct it.
Fatal Memory Parity Error.
Could not boot from a particular device .
A diskette was found in the diskette drive,
but is not configured as a bootable
diskette.
Corresponding drive is not ready for data
transfer.
No response from diskette drive.
Could not find a proper boot diskette in
drive A.
Could not find a bootable device in the
system and/or removable media drive
does not contain media.
No bootable device was detected.
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