Error Message List

Error Messages

FRU/Action in Sequence

 

 

System timer error

RTC battery

 

Run BIOS Setup Utility to reconfigure system time, then

 

reboot system.

 

System board

 

 

Real time clock error

RTC battery

 

Run BIOS Setup Utility to reconfigure system time, then

 

reboot system.

 

System board

 

 

Previous boot incomplete - Default

Run “Load Default Settings” in BIOS Setup Utility.

configuration used

RTC battery

 

System board

 

 

Memory size found by POST differed from

Run “Load Default Settings” in BIOS Setup Utility.

CMOS

DIMM

 

System board

 

 

Diskette drive A error

Check the drive is defined with the proper diskette type in

 

BIOS Setup Utility

 

See “External Diskette Drive Check” on page 96.

 

 

Incorrect Drive A type - run SETUP

Check the drive is defined with the proper diskette type in

 

BIOS Setup Utility

 

 

System cache error - Cache disabled

System board

 

 

CPU ID:

System board

 

 

DMA Test Failed

DIMM

 

System board

 

 

Software NMI Failed

DIMM

 

System board

 

 

Fail-Safe Timer NMI Failed

DIMM

 

System board

 

 

Device Address Conflict

Run “Load Default Settings” in BIOS Setup Utility.

 

RTC battery

 

System board

 

 

Allocation Error for device

Run “Load Default Settings” in BIOS Setup Utility.

 

RTC battery

 

System board

 

 

Failing Bits: nnnn

DIMM

 

BIOS ROM

 

System board

 

 

Fixed Disk n

None

 

 

Invalid System Configuration Data

BIOS ROM

 

System board

 

 

I/O device IRQ conflict

Run “Load Default Settings” in BIOS Setup Utility.

 

RTC battery

 

System board

 

 

Operating system not found

Enter Setup and see if fixed disk and drive A: are properly

 

identified.

 

Diskette drive

 

Hard disk drive

 

System board

 

 

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