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Error Messages, IRQs, and Memory Assignments: Dell™ Latitude™ L400 User's Guide
Error Messages
Avoiding IRQ Assignment Conflicts
Error Messages
Your application programs, operating system, and the computer itself can identify problems and alert you to them. When this occurs, a message
may appear on the computer's display or on an external monitor (if one is attached).
If an error message appears on the display or external monitor, make a note of the message. For an explanation of the message and suggestions
for correcting any errors, see Table
NOTE: If the message is not listed in Table 1, see the documentation for the application programs that were running at the time the
message appeared or the operating system documentation for an explanation of the message and a recommended action.
Table 1. System Error Messages
Message
0271: Check date and
time settings
02B0:Diskette drive A
error
0232:Extended RAM
Failed at address
line: nnnn
0200:Failure Fixed
Disk
02B2:Incorrect drive
A type—run Setup
0212:Keyboard
controller failed
0211:Keyboard error
0270:Real time clock
error
0231:Shadow RAM
failed at offset:
nnnn
0210:Stuck Key
1. The messages are listed alphabetically.
Cause
The real-time clock has reverted to a
default date and time.
A connector may be loose or the
diskette may be faulty.
Extended memory is not configured
properly or has failed at memory
address nnnn.
The hard-disk drive failed to initialize.
The diskette drive is not identified
properly in the system setup program.
The keyboard controller is faulty.
If an external keyboard is being used,
a cable or connector may be loose or
the keyboard may be faulty.
If the built-in keyboard is being used,
it may be faulty. A key on the built-in
keyboard may have been pressed
while the computer was booting.
The CMOS battery that supports data
stored in NVRAM may be dead.
Shadow RAM failed at address nnnn.
If the built-in keyboard is being used,
Memory Allocations
I/O Memory Map
Action
Enter the system setup program
the correct settings. If the problem persists,
assistance.
If the diskette-drive access indicator lights up when you access a file
on the diskette, but you still get this error message, try a different
diskette. If the message reappears, shut down the computer, remove
the drive from the external media bay, and then reinsert it. Turn the
computer back on, and check for the error message.
If the problem persists, run the Diskette Drive test in the
Diagnostics. If the problem still persists,
assistance.
Call Dell for technical assistance.
Remove and reseat the hard-disk drive and reboot the computer. If the
problem persists, run the Hard-Disk Drive tests in the
Diagnostics.
Shut down the computer, remove the drive from the external media
bay, and then reinsert it. Turn the computer back on and check for the
error message.
If the problem persists, reboot the computer and press <F2> as soon
as you see either the system information screen or the Dell logo
screen to enter the system setup
Diskette A on the Main screen. Then
Call Dell for technical assistance.
If using an external keyboard, check and reseat the keyboard cable.
Check and reseat the diskette drive cable. If the problem persists, run
the Stuck Key test in the Dell Diagnostics. If the problem cannot be
corrected, call Dell for technical assistance.
Call Dell for technical assistance.
Call Dell for technical assistance.
Run the Stuck Key test in the Dell
and change the date and time back to
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program. Write down the setting for
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Diagnostics. If the problem cannot