POST Error Message | Description/Action |
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HARD DISK INSTALL FAILURE | Cannot find or initialize the hard disk drive controller or |
| the drive. |
| Make sure the hard disk drive is correctly installed. |
| If no hard disk drives are installed, make sure the hard |
| disk drive selection in Setup is set to NONE. |
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Keyboard error or no keyboard present | Cannot initialize the keyboard. |
| Make sure the keyboard is properly connected to the |
| computer and that no keys are held pressed during POST. |
| To purposely configure the computer without a keyboard, |
| set the error halt condition in Setup to HALT ON ALL, BUT |
| KEYBOARD. The BIOS then ignores the missing keyboard |
| during POST. |
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Memory Test: | This message displays during a full memory test, counting |
| down the memory areas being tested. |
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Memory test fail | If POST detects an error during memory testing, additional |
| information appears. This information gives specifics |
| about the type and location of the memory error. |
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Press TAB to show POST screen | Pressing the TAB key permits the user to toggle between |
| the default POST display screen and a custom POST |
| display screen. |
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Error: | The BIOS was unable to find a suitable boot device. |
any key when ready | Make sure the boot drive is properly connected to the |
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| computer. |
| Make sure you have bootable media. |
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EasyStartup problems
The following table describes the EasyStartup problems and suggested actions to correct detected problems.
Table 2. ThinkServer EasyStartup DVD
•Follow the suggested actions in the order in which they are listed in the Action column until the problem is resolved.
•See the Chapter 7 “Parts Listing, TS200v Machine Types 0981, 0992, 1008, and 1010” on page 59 to determine which components are customer replaceable units (CRUs) and which components are field replaceable units (FRUs).
Symptom | Action |
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The ThinkServer | • Make sure the server supports the EasyStartup program and has a startable (bootable) |
EasyStartup DVD will | DVD drive. |
not start. | • If the startup (boot) sequence settings have been changed, make sure the DVD drive |
| is first in the startup sequence. |
| • If more than one DVD drive is installed, make sure that only one DVD drive is set as the |
| primary drive. Start the EasyStartup DVD from the primary DVD drive. |
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The | Make more space available on the hard disk drive. |
installation program |
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continuously loops. |
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