BIOS Messages

Action/FRU

 

 

Memory Verify Error

Use this location along with your system’s memory map to

 

locate the bad chip.

 

 

Offending Address Not Found

This message is used in conjunction with the I/O

 

CHANNEL CHECK and RAM PARITY ERROR messages

 

when the segment that has caused problem cannot be

 

isolated.

 

 

Offending Segment

This message is used in conjunction with the I/O

 

CHANNEL CHECK and RAM PARITY ERROR messages

 

when the segment that has caused problem cannot be

 

isolated.

 

 

Press A Key To Reboot

Press any key and the system will reboot.

 

 

Press lto Disable NMI, mto Reboot

When the BIOS detects a Non-maskable Interrupt

 

condition during boot, this will allow you to disable the NMI

 

and continue to boot, or you can reboot the system with the

 

NMI enabled.

 

 

RAM Parity Error

Checking for segment

 

 

System Halted

Press b-a-cto reboot.

 

Or plug out AC and wait for 10 seconds, then plug in AC

 

again. Press power button to boot the system again. .

 

 

Floppy Disk(s) Fail(80)

Unable to reset floppy subsystem

 

 

Floppy Disk(s) Fail (40)

Floppy Type mismatch

 

 

Hard Disk(s) Fail (80)

HDD reset failed

 

 

Hard Disk(s) Fail (40)

HDD controller diagnostics failed

 

 

Hard Disk(s) Fail (20)

HDD initialization error

 

 

Hard Disk(s) Fail (10)

Unable to recalibrate fixed disk

 

 

Hard Disk(s) Fail (08)

Sector Verify failed

 

 

Keyboard Is Locked Out

Unlock the key

 

 

Keyboard Error Or No Keyboard Present

Make sure the keyboard is attached correctly and no keys

 

are pressed during the boot.

 

 

Manufacturing POST loop

System will repeat POST procedure infinitely while the P15

 

of keyboard controller is pull low. This is also used for M/B

 

burn in test.

 

 

BIOS ROM Checksum Error

BIOS will boot from the boot block and read BIOS binary

 

file from FDD disk, then flash BIOS ROM (FWH - Firmware

 

Hub).

 

 

Memory Test Fail

BIOS reports the memory test fail if the onboard memory is

 

tested error

 

 

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