
System Configuration
Message Displayed | Description  | 
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Error initializing primary DMA controller. This is a fatal error, often indication a  | |
  | problem with system hardware.  | 
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Error initializing secondary DMA controller. This is a fatal error, often indication a  | |
  | problem with system hardware.  | 
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DMA Controller Error  | POST error while trying to initialize the DMA controller. This is a fatal error, often  | 
  | indication a problem with system hardware.  | 
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Checking  | BIOS could not write to the NVRAM block. This message appears when the FLASH  | 
NVRAM..Update  | part is   | 
Failed  | EPROM). | 
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Microcode Error  | BIOS could not find or load the CPU Microcode Update to the CPU. This message  | 
  | only applies to INTEL CPUs. The message is most likely to appear when a brand  | 
  | new CPU is installed in a mainboard with an outdated BIOS. In this case, the BIOS  | 
  | must be updated to include the Microcode Update for the new CPU.  | 
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NVRAM Checksum  | There was an error in while validating the NVRAM data. This causes POST to clear  | 
Bad, NVRAM  | the NVRAM data.  | 
Cleared  | 
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Resource Conflict  | More than one system device is trying to use the same   | 
  | (Memory or I/O).  | 
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NVRAM Ignored  | The NVRAM data used to store Plug’n’Play (PnP) data was not used for system  | 
  | configuration in POST.  | 
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NVRAM Bad  | The NVRAM data used to store Plug’n’Play (PnP) data was not used for system  | 
  | configuration in POST due to a data error.  | 
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Static Resource  | Two or more Static Devices are trying to use the same resource space (usually  | 
Conflict  | Memory or I/O).  | 
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PCI I/O conflict  | A PCI adapter generated an I/O resource conflict when configured by BIOS POST.  | 
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PCI ROM conflict  | A PCI adapter generated an I/O resource conflict when configured by BIOS POST.  | 
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PCI IRQ conflict  | A PCI adapter generated an I/O resource conflict when configured by BIOS POST.  | 
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PCI IRQ routing table  | BIOS POST (DIM code) found a PCI device in the system but was unable to figure  | 
error  | out how to route an IRQ to the device. Usually this error is causing by an  | 
  | incomplete description of the PCI Interrupt Routing of the system.  | 
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Timer Error  | Indicates an error while programming the count register of channel 2 of the 8254  | 
  | timer. This may indicate a problem with system hardware.  | 
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Refresh timer test  | BIOS POST found that the refresh timer hardware failed to pass the Refresh  | 
failed  | Retrace Test.  | 
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Interrupt   | BIOS POST could not initialize the Master Interrupt Controller. This may indicate a  | 
error  | problem with system hardware.  | 
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Interrupt   | BIOS POST could not initialize the Slave Interrupt Controller. This may  | 
error  | indicate a problem with system hardware.  | 
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