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Error Messages

Corrective Action

 

 

0250 System battery is dead -

The CMOS clock battery indicator shows the battery is dead.

Replace and run SETUP

Replace the battery and run Setup to reconfigure the system.

 

 

0251 System CMOS

System CMOS has been corrupted or modified incorrectly,

checksum bad - Default

perhaps by an application program that changes data stored

configuration used

in CMOS. The BIOS installed Default Setup Values. If you do

 

not want these values, enter Setup and enter your own

 

values. If the error persists, check the system battery or

 

contact your dealer.

 

 

0260 System timer error*

The timer test failed. Requires repair of system board.

 

 

0270 Real time clock error*

Real-Time Clock fails BIOS hardware test. May require board

 

repair.

 

 

0271 Check date and time

BIOS found date or time out of range and reset the Real-

settings

Time Clock. May require setting legal date (1991-2099).

 

 

0280 Previous boot

Previous POST did not complete successfully. POST loads

incomplete - Default

default values and offers to run Setup. If the failure was

configuration used

caused by incorrect values and they are not corrected, the

 

next boot will likely fail. On systems with control of wait

 

states, improper Setup settings can also terminate POST and

 

cause this error on the next boot. Run Setup and verify that

 

the wait-state configuration is correct. This error is cleared

 

the next time the system is booted.

 

 

0281 Memory Size found by

Memory size found by POST differed from CMOS.

POST differed from CMOS

 

 

 

02B0 Diskette drive A error

Drive A: or B: is present but fails the BIOS POST diskette

02B1 Diskette drive B error

tests. Check to see that the drive is defined with the proper

 

diskette type in Setup and that the diskette drive is attached

 

correctly.

 

 

02B2 Incorrect Drive A type -

Type of floppy drive A: not correctly identified in Setup.

run SETUP

 

 

 

02B3 Incorrect Drive B type -

Type of floppy drive B: not correctly identified in Setup.

run SETUP

 

 

 

02D0 System cache error -

RAM cache failed and BIOS disabled the cache. On older

Cache disabled

boards, check the cache jumpers. You may have to replace

 

the cache. See your dealer. A disabled cache slows system

 

performance considerably.

 

 

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