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3 Troubleshooting my computer

Error messages

If you receive an error message, note the message and take the corrective action. The following table lists the error messages in alphabetical order together with the recommended course of action.

Error Messages

Corrective Action

 

 

CMOS Battery Bad

Contact your dealer or an authorized service

 

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CMOS Checksum Error

Contact your dealer or an authorized service

 

center.

Disk Boot Failure

Insert a system (bootable) diskette into the floppy

 

drive (A:), then press Enter to reboot.

Diskette Drive

Contact your dealer or an authorized service

Controller Error or No

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Controller Present

 

Diskette Drive Error

Contact your dealer or an authorized service

 

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Diskette Drive Type

Press F2 (during POST) to enter the BIOS Utility;

Mismatch

then press Esc to exit and reconfigure the

 

computer.

Equipment

Press F2 (during POST) to enter the BIOS Utility;

Configuration Error

then press Esc to exit and reconfigure the

 

computer.

Hard Disk 0 Error

Contact your dealer or an authorized service

 

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Hard Disk 0 Extended

Contact your dealer or an authorized service

Type Error

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I/O Parity Error

Contact your dealer or an authorized service

 

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Insert system diskette

Insert a system (bootable) diskette into the floppy

and press <Enter> key

drive (A:), then press Enter to reboot.

to reboot

 

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