Hard Disk Drive Boot Error - IBM A40I TYPE 2271 Hardware Maintenance Manual

Note: Y is the SIMM/DIMM/RIMM socket number. Use the System Board Layout

Hard disk drive boot error

A hard disk drive boot error (error codes 1962 and I999030X) can have the
following causes.
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Error
2xx-2y
A memory error was detected in
DIMM/RIMM socket Y
Corrupt BIOS
Information in BIOS is not as expected.
Not able to find expected DMI information
from BIOS.
Memory controller chipset vendor ID does
not match expected value.
Test aborted by user
section in the latest Hardware Maintenance Manual (HMM) to reference the
memory sockets.
Error
The start-up drive is not in the boot
sequence in configuration.
No operating system installed on the boot
drive.
The boot sector on the start-up drive is
corrupted.
The drive is defective.
FRU/Action
Replace the DIMM/RIMM in the socket
identified by the last digit of the error code.
Re-run the test.
If the same error code occurs again, replace
the system board or where memory is on
the processor card, replace the processor
card.
Reflash the BIOS.
Perform boot block recovery.
Replace the system board.
Restart test.
FRU/Action
Check the configuration and ensure the
start-up drive is in the boot sequence.
Install an operating system on the boot
drive.
The drive must be formatted, do the
following:
1. Attempt to access and recover (back-up)
the failing hard disk drive.
2. Using the operating systems programs,
format the hard disk drive.
3. Go to "Preparing the hard disk drive for
use" on page 13.
Replace the hard disk drive.