Dell Inspiron 3500 Service Manual page 33

Fixed disk 0
failure
Fixed disk con-
troller failure
Incorrect drive A
type—run Setup
Keyboard control-
ler error
Keyboard error
Operating system
not found
Parity check 1
nnnn
Parity check 2
nnnn
Real time clock
error
FRQWLQXHG
The hard-disk drive
failed to initialize.
The hard-disk drive con-
troller may be faulty.
The diskette drive is not
identified properly in
the Setup program.
The keyboard control-
ler is faulty.
If an external keyboard
is being used, a cable
or connector may be
loose or the keyboard
may be faulty. If the
integrated keyboard is
being used, it may be
faulty. A key on the
integrated keyboard
may have been pressed
while the computer
was booting.
The operating system
may be corrupted. Or,
the operating system
cannot be found on the
hard-disk drive or on
the diskette in the dis-
kette drive.
A parity error was
found in the system
bus at address nnnn .
A parity error was
found in the I/O bus at
address nnnn .
The CMOS battery that
supports data stored in
NVRAM may be dead.
Beep Codes and Error Messages
Corrupted hard-disk
drive boot sector or
configuration file.
Faulty hard-disk drive.
Faulty system board.
Faulty hard-disk drive.
Faulty system board.
Incorrect drive
configuration. Faulty
connections. Faulty dis-
kette drive. Faulty
system board.
Faulty keyboard
connection. Faulty key-
board. Faulty system
board.
Integrated keyboard:
faulty keyboard or key
pressed while com-
puter booting.
External keyboard:
cable or connector
loose. Faulty keyboard
or key pressed while
computer booting.
Incorrect drive
configuration. Operat-
ing system not installed
on hard-disk drive or
diskette drive not
bootable. Faulty con-
nections. Faulty drive.
Faulty system board.
Faulty system board.
Faulty system board.
Faulty battery. Faulty
system board.
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