Dell Precision 620 User Manual page 101

terminated by
keystroke
No boot device
available
No boot sector on
hard-disk drive
No timer tick
interrupt
Non-system disk or
disk error
Not a boot diskette
Plug and Play
Configuration Error
Read fault
Requested sector not
found
Reset failed
Sector not found
Seek error
Shutdown failure
Time-of-day clock
stopped
Time-of-day not set
Timer chip counter 2
failed
Unexpected interrupt
in protected mode
WARNING:Dell's Disk
Monitoring System
has detected that
drive [0/1] on the
[primary/secondary]
EIDE controller is
operating outside
of normal
specifications. It
is advisable to
immediately back up
your data and
replace your hard-
disk drive by
calling your
support desk or
Dell Computer
Corporation.
Write fault
The computer cannot find the diskette or hard-disk
drive.
The system configuration information in System Setup
may be incorrect, or the operating system may be
corrupted.
A chip on the system board might be malfunctioning.
The diskette in drive A or your hard-disk drive does not
have a bootable operating system installed on it.
There is no operating system on the diskette.
The system has encountered a problem in trying to
configure one or more expansion cards.
The operating system cannot read from the diskette or
hard-disk drive.
The system could not find a particular sector on the
disk, or the requested sector is defective.
The disk reset operation failed.
The operating system is unable to locate a sector on
the diskette or hard-disk drive.
The operating system is unable to find a specific track
on the diskette or hard-disk drive.
A chip on the system board might be malfunctioning.
The battery may be dead.
The time or date displayed in the system configuration
information does not match the system clock.
A chip on the system board might be malfunctioning.
The keyboard controller may be malfunctioning, or one
or more RIMMs may be loose.
POST has queried the EIDE drive for status
information. The drive has returned a parameter from
the call that indicates it has detected possible error
conditions for its operating specifications.
The operating system cannot write to the diskette or
Enter System Setup, check the system configuration
information for the diskette and hard-disk drive, and if
necessary, correct the information.
Enter System Setup, check the system configuration
information for the hard-disk drive, and if necessary,
correct the information.
If the message persists, reinstall your operating system.
See the documentation that came with your operating
system.
Run the System Board Devices tests in the
Diagnostics.
Either replace the diskette with one that has a bootable
operating system, or remove the diskette from drive A
and restart the computer.
Boot the computer with a diskette that contains an
operating system.
Turn your system off and unplug it. Remove all but one
of the cards. Plug in your system and reboot it. If the
message persists, the expansion card may be
malfunctioning. If the message does not appear, turn off
the power and reinsert one of the other cards. Repeat
this process until you identify the malfunctioning card.
See "Troubleshooting Drives."
See "Troubleshooting Drives."
See "Troubleshooting Drives."
See "Troubleshooting Drives."
If the error is on the diskette drive, try another diskette
in the drive.
Run the System Board Devices tests in the
Diagnostics.
Enter System Setup and correct the date or time.
If the problem persists, see "Troubleshooting the
Battery."
Enter System Setup and correct the date or time.
Run the System Board Devices tests in the
Diagnostics.
Run the System Memory and the Keyboard tests in
the Dell Diagnostics.
When your computer finishes booting, immediately
back up your data and replace your hard-disk drive.
Restore the data to the replaced drive.
If a replacement drive is not immediately available and
the drive is not the only bootable drive, enter
Setup and change the appropriate drive setting to
None. Remove the drive from the system. This should
be done only after you have backed up the data.
See "Troubleshooting Drives."
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