Dell OptiPlex E1 Troubleshooting Manual page 24

Message
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 sec-
tor not found
NOTE: For the full name of an abbreviation or acronym used in this table, see the abbreviation and acronym list that precedes the
Index.
2-6 Diagnostics and Troubleshooting Guide
Table 2-1. System Messages (continued)
Cause
The computer cannot find the dis-
kette or hard-disk drive.
The system configuration informa-
tion in the System Setup program
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 prob-
lem 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 particu-
lar sector on the disk, or the
requested sector is defective.
Action
Enter the System Setup program, check the system
configuration information for the diskette and
hard-disk drive, and if necessary, correct the infor-
mation. See your system documentation for
instructions.
Enter the System Setup program, check the system
configuration information for the hard-disk drive,
and if necessary, correct the information. See your
system documentation for instructions.
If the message persists, reinstall your operating
system. See the documentation that came with
your operating system.
Run the System Set Test Group in the Dell
Diagnostics. See Chapter 4, "Running the Dell
Diagnostics."
A nonbootable diskette is in drive A. 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.
Run the ISA Configuration Utility to verify that all
ISA expansion cards are configured correctly (see
the chapter titled "Using the ISA Configuration
Utility" or the chapter titled "Using Configuration
Software" in your system documentation. If run-
ning the ISA Configuration Utility does not reveal
the source of the problem, see "Troubleshooting
Expansion Cards" in Chapter 6 of this guide.
See "Troubleshooting the Diskette/Tape Drive
Subsystem" in Chapter 6.