Acer 230 Series, 280 Series manual Error messages, Error Messages Corrective Action

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Error messages

The following is a list of the messages that the BIOS can display. Most of them occur during POST. Some of them display information about a hardware device, e.g., the amount of memory installed. Others may indicate a problem with a device, such as the way it has been configured. Following the list are explanations of the messages and remedies for reported problems.

Note: If your system displays one of the messages marked below with an asterisk (*), write down the message and contact your dealer. If your system fails after you have made the changes in the Setup menus, reset the computer, enter Setup and load the Setup defaults to correct the error.

Error Messages	Corrective Action

0200 Failure Fixed Disk	Fixed disk is not working or not configured
	properly. Check to see if fixed disk is attached
	properly. Run Setup. Find out if the fixed-disk
	type is correctly identified.

0210 Stuck key	Stuck key on keyboard.

0211 Keyboard error	Keyboard not working.

*0212 Keyboard	Keyboard controller failed test. May require
Controller Failed	replacing keyboard controller.

0213 Keyboard locked -	Unlock the system to proceed.
Unlock key switch

0220 Monitor type does	Monitor type not correctly identified in Setup
not match CMOS - Run
SETUP

*0230 Shadow Ram	Shadow RAM failed at offset nnnn of the 64k
Failed at offset: nnnn	block at which the error was detected.

*0231 System RAM	System RAM failed at offset nnnn of in the 64k
Failed at offset: nnnn	block at which the error was detected.

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