Maxilife Test Sequence And Error Messages - HP Kayak XA-s02 Hardware Manual

MaxiLife Hardware Monitoring Chip

MaxiLife Test Sequence and Error Messages

MaxiLife Test Sequence and Error Messages
When the PC is turned on (pressing the ON/OFF button), the system
initiates the normal startup sequence which is composed of the following
steps:
• Basic pre-boot diagnostics.
• BIOS launch.
• POST phase.
• Operating System boot phase.
If any errors are detected during the startup sequence, MaxiLife does not
purposely 'freeze' the system. However, some critical hardware errors are
fatal to the system and will prevent the system from starting (for example,
'Power', and 'Board PLL' are serious malfunctions that will prevent the CPU
from working correctly).
Errors that are not so critical (for example, 'CPU Socket' for missing
terminator, or 'No RAM') are also detected by the POST and will abort its
own boot process after beeping. The 'RAM type' error is only detected by
POST with the same abort process.
Finally, while the PC is working, fan and temperature checks can be
reported (for example, a fan error when a cable is not connected). This type
of error disappears dynamically when the problem has been fixed (for
example, the fan cable has been reconnected).
The different diagnostics are described below.
Basic Pre-boot Diagnostics
The first diagnostic (called basic pre-boot diagnostics) is run to check the
presence of the processor(s) or terminators, VRMs, power supply, CPU
Board PLL and DIMMs.
The pre-boot diagnostic tests are run in order of priority with respect to
their importance to computer functions. Refer to the table Basic Pre-boot
Diagnostics, on page 8 for test sequences, failure messages and action to
take to solve any problems.
The first detected error displays a message on the LCD status panel. If this
happens, one of the following screens could appear.
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