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| 6th Slave Drive | The IDE/ATAPI device configured as Slave in the 6th IDE controller failed an ATAPI |
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| - ATAPI | compatibility test. This message is typically displayed when the BIOS is trying to detect and |
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| Incompatible | configure IDE/ATAPI devices in POST. |
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| S.M.A.R.T. | The BIOS tried to send a S.M.A.R.T. message to a hard disk, but the command transaction |
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| Capable but | failed. |
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| Command | This message can be reported by an ATAPI device using the S.M.A.R.T. error reporting |
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| Failed | standard. S.M.A.R.T. failure messages may indicate the need to replace the hard disk. |
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| S.M.A.R.T. | The BIOS tried to send a S.M.A.R.T. message to a hard disk, but the command transaction |
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| Command | failed. |
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| Failed | This message can be reported by an ATAPI device using the S.M.A.R.T. error reporting |
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| standard. S.M.A.R.T. failure messages may indicate the need to replace the hard disk. |
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| S.M.A.R.T. | A S.M.A.R.T. capable hard disk sends this message when it detects an imminent failure. |
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| Status BAD, | This message can be reported by an ATAPI device using the S.M.A.R.T. error reporting |
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| Backup and | standard. S.M.A.R.T. failure messages may indicate the need to replace the hard disk. |
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| Replace |
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| S.M.A.R.T. | A S.M.A.R.T. capable hard disk sends this message when it detects an imminent failure. |
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| Capable and | This message can be reported by an ATAPI device using the S.M.A.R.T. error reporting |
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| Status BAD | standard. S.M.A.R.T. failure messages may indicate the need to replace the hard disk. |
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| BootSector | The BIOS has detected software attempting to write to a drive??s boot sector. This is |
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| Write | flagged as possible virus activity. This message will only be displayed if Virus Detection is |
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| VIRUS: | If the BIOS detects possible virus activity, it will prompt the user. This message will only be |
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| Continue (Y/ | displayed if Virus Detection is enabled in AMIBIOS setup. |
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| N)? |
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| Error initializing primary DMA controller. This is a fatal error, often indication a problem with |
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| Error initializing secondary DMA controller. This is a fatal error, often indication a problem |
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| with system hardware. |
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| DMA | POST error while trying to initialize the DMA controller. This is a fatal error, often indication |
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| Controller | a problem with system hardware. |
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| Error |
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| Checking | BIOS could not write to the NVRAM block. This message appears when the FLASH part is |
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| te Failed |
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