Dell 100-Mbps manual System Error Messages

Table 3-2. System Error Messages

Message Definition Probable Causes

Address mark	BIOS found faulty disk
not found	sector or could not find
	particular disk sector.
Attachment	Diskette drive or hard-
failed to	disk drive controller
respond	cannot send data to
	associated drive.

Faulty diskette/tape drive subsystem or hard-disk drive subsystem (defec- tive system board). Faulty interface cable or connec- tor.

Bad command	Command entered does	Bad command.
or file name	not exist or is not in
	pathname specified.
Bad error-	Diskette drive or hard-	Faulty diskette/tape drive
correction	disk drive controller	subsystem or hard-disk
code(ECC) on	detected uncorrectable	drive subsystem (defec-
disk read	read error.	tive system board).
Controller	Hard-disk drive or
has failed	associated controller
	defective.
Data error	System received un-	Faulty diskette, diskette
	recoverable data-read	drive, or hard-disk drive.
	error from diskette or
	hard-disk drive.
Decreasing	Read/write failure	One or more DIMMs
available mem-	during POST prevents	faulty or improperly
ory	system from using	seated.
	available memory.
Diskette	Diskette/tape drive con-	Faulty or improperly
drive 0 seek	troller could not locate	inserted diskette,
failure	specific sector or track.	incorrect settings in Sys-
		tem Setup program,
Diskette		loose diskette/tape drive
drive 1 seek		interface cable, or loose
failure		power cable.
Diskette read	Failure occurred while	Faulty diskette, faulty or
failure	system attempted to	improperly connected
	read diskette.	diskette/tape drive inter-
		face cable, or loose power
		cable.

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