Dell Inspiron 1501 Owner's Manual page 69

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may be faulty or improperly seated. Reinstall the memory modules and, if necessary, replace them (see
"Memory" on page 92).
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be faulty or improperly seated. Reinstall the memory modules and, if necessary, replace them (see
"Memory" on page 92).
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faulty or improperly seated. Reinstall the memory modules and, if necessary, replace them (see "Memory"
on page 92).
N O B O O T D E V I C E A V A I L A B L E
device, ensure that the drive is installed, properly seated, and partitioned as a boot device.
N O B O O T S E C T O R O N H A R D D R I V E
"Contacting Dell" on page 109.
N O T I M E R T I C K I N T E R R U P T
tests in the Dell Diagnostics (see page 61).
N O T E N O U G H M E M O R Y O R R E S O U R C E S
programs open. Close all windows and open the program that you want to use.
O P E R A T I N G S YS T E M N O T F O U N D
persists, contact Dell. See "Contacting Dell" on page 109.
P T I O N A L B A D C H E C K S U M
O R O M
Dell" on page 109.
A R E Q U I R E D . D L L F I L E W A S N O T F O U N D
file. Remove and then reinstall the program.
1 Click the Start button and click Control Panel.
2 Click Add or Remove Programs.
3 Select the program you want to remove.
4 Click Remove or Change/Remove and follow the prompts on the screen.
5 See the program documentation for installation instructions.
S E C T O R N O T F O U N D —
defective sector or corrupted FAT on the hard drive. Run the Windows error-checking utility to check the
file structure on the hard drive. See the Windows Help and Support Center for instructions. To access
the Help and Support Center, see "Windows Help and Support Center" on page 13. If a large number of
sectors are defective, back up the data (if possible), and then reformat the hard drive.
The operating system cannot find a specific track on the hard drive.
S E E K E R R O R —
S H U T D O W N F A I L U R E —
the Dell Diagnostics (see page 61).
R E A D V A L U E E X P E C T I N G V A L U E
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The computer cannot find the hard drive. If the hard drive is your boot
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The operating system may be corrupted. Contact Dell. See
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A chip on the system board may be malfunctioning. Run the System Set
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. E X I T S O M E P R O G R A M S A N D T R Y A G A I N
Reinstall the hard drive (see "Hard Drive" on page 90). If the problem
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The optional ROM apparently failed. Contact Dell. See "Contacting
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The program that you are trying to open is missing an essential
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The operating system cannot locate a sector on the hard drive. You may have a
A chip on the system board may be malfunctioning. Run the System Set tests in
R E A D V A L U E E X P E C T I N G V A L U E
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R E A D V A L U E E X P E C T I N G V A L U E
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A memory module
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A memory module may
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A memory module may be
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You have too many
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Solving Problems
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