Hard Drive Error Messages; A.13 Hard Drive Error Messages (17 Xx - Xx ) - Compaq Deskpro 4000N Technical Reference Manual

Appendix A Error Messages and Codes
A.13 HARD DRIVE ERROR MESSAGES (17xx-xx)
Table A–12. Hard Drive Error Messages
Message Probable Cause
17xx-01 Exceeded max. soft error limit
17xx-02 Exceeded max. Hard error limit
17xx-03 Previously exceeded max. soft error limit
17xx-04 Previously exceeded max.hard error limit
17xx-05 Failed to reset controller
17xx-06 Fatal error while reading
17xx-07 Fatal error while writing
17xx-08 Failed compare of R/W buffers
17xx-09 Failed to format a track
17xx-10 Failed diskette sector wrap during read
17xx-19 Cntlr. failed to deallocate bad sectors
17xx-40 Cylinder 0 error
17xx-41 Drive not ready
17xx-42 Failed to recalibrate drive
17xx-43 Failed to format a bad track
17xx-44 Failed controller diagnostics
17xx-45 Failed to get drive parameters from ROM
17xx-46 Invalid drive parameters from ROM
17xx-47 Failed to park heads
17xx-48 Failed to move hard drive table to RAM
17xx-49 Failed to read media in file write test
17xx-50 Failed I/O write test
1700-xx = Hard drive ID test
1701-xx = Hard drive format test
1702-xx = Hard drive read test
1703-xx = Hard drive read/write compare test
1704-xx = Hard drive random seek test
1705-xx = Hard drive controller test
1706-xx = Hard drive ready test
1707-xx = Hard drive recalibrate test
1708-xx = Hard drive format bad track test
1709-xx = Hard drive reset controller test
A-8 Compaq Personal Computers
Table A-12.

Hard Drive Error Messages

Message
17xx-51
17xx-52
17xx-53
17xx-54
17xx-55
17xx-56
17xx-57
17xx-58
17xx-59
17xx-60
17xx-62
17xx-63
17xx-65
17xx-66
17xx-67
17xx-68
17xx-69
17xx-70
17xx-71
17xx-72
17xx-73
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1710-xx = Hard drive park head test
1714-xx = Hard drive file write test
1715-xx = Hard drive head select test
1716-xx = Hard drive conditional format test
1717-xx = Hard drive ECC test
1719-xx = Hard drive power mode test
1721-xx = SCSI hard drive imminent failure
1724-xx = Net work preparation test
1736-xx = Drive monitoring test
1799-xx = Invalid hard drive type
Changed - September 1997
Probable Cause
Failed I/O read test
Failed file I/O compare test
Failed drive/head register test
Failed digital input register test
Cylinder 1 error
Failed controller RAM diagnostics
Failed controller-to-drive diagnostics
Failed to write sector buffer
Failed to read sector buffer
Failed uncorrectable ECC error
Failed correctable ECC error
Failed soft error rate
Exceeded max. bad sectors per track
Failed to initialize drive parameter
Failed to write long
Failed to read long
Failed to read drive size
Failed translate mode
Failed non-translate mode
Bad track limit exceeded
Previously exceeded bad track limit
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