Dell 9100 specifications Message Possible Cause Corrective Action, Program, enter the system setup

3-1-1	Slave DMA register failure
3-1-2	Master DMA register failure
3-1-3	Master interrupt mask register failure
3-1-4	Slave interrupt mask register failure
3-2-2	Interrupt vector loading failure
3-2-4	Keyboard Controller Test failure
3-3-1		NVRAM power loss
3-3-2		NVRAM configuration
3-3-4	Video Memory Test failure
3-4-1		Screen initialization failure
3-4-2		Screen retrace failure
3-4-3	Search for video ROM failure
4-2-1		No time tick
4-2-2		Shutdown failure
4-2-3		Gate A20 failure
4-2-4		Unexpected interrupt in protected mode
4-3-3	Timer-chip counter 2 failure
4-3-4		Time-of-day clock stopped
4-4-1	Serial or parallel port test failure
4-4-4		Cache test failure
Message			Possible Cause	Corrective Action
8042 Gate-A20			The keyboard controller failed	If you receive this message after you
error			its test.	make changes in the system setup
				program, enter the system setup
				program and restore the original value
				(s).
Address Line			An error in the address	Reseat the memory modules.
Short!			decoding circuitry in the
			memory has occurred.
C: Drive Error			The hard drive is not working	Ensure that the drive is installed
			or is not configured correctly.	correctly in the computer and defined
C: Drive Failure				correctly in the system setup program.
Cache Memory			The cache memory is not	See "Contacting Dell" in your Owner's
Bad, Do Not			operating.	Manual for instructions on obtaining
Enable Cache				technical assistance.
CH-2 Timer Error			An error is occurring on the	See "Contacting Dell" in your Owner's
			timer on the system board.	Manual for instructions on obtaining
				technical assistance.
CMOS Battery			The system configuration	Enter the system setup program, verify
State Low			information in the system	the system configuration, and then
			setup program is incorrect or	restart the computer.
CMOS Checksum			the battery charge may be
			low.
Failure
CMOS System
Options Not Set
CMOS Display
Type Mismatch
CMOS Memory Size
Mismatch
CMOS Time and
Date Not Set
Diskette Boot			Drive A or B is present but	Ensure that the drive is installed
Failure			has failed the BIOS POST.	correctly in the computer and defined
				correctly in the system setup program.
				Check the interface cable at both ends.
DMA Error			Error in the DMA controller on	The keyboard or system board may need
			the system board.	to be replaced.
DMA 1 Error
DMA 2 Error
FDD Controller			The BIOS cannot communicate	Ensure that the floppy drive or the hard
Failure			with the floppy drive or hard	drive is installed correctly in the
			drive controller.	computer and defined correctly in the
HDD Controller				system setup program. Check the
				interface cable at both ends.
Failure
INTR1 Error			An interrupt channel on the	The keyboard or system board may need