Acer X5300, X3300 manual System Configuration, Message Displayed, Description

System Configuration

Message Displayed	Description
DMA-1 Error	Error initializing primary DMA controller. This is a fatal error, often indication a
	problem with system hardware.
DMA-2 Error	Error initializing secondary DMA controller. This is a fatal error, often indication a
	problem with system hardware.
DMA Controller Error	POST error while trying to initialize the DMA controller. This is a fatal error, often
	indication a problem with system hardware.
Checking	BIOS could not write to the NVRAM block. This message appears when the FLASH
NVRAM..Update	part is write-protected or if there is no FLASH part (System uses a PROM or
Failed	EPROM).
Microcode Error	BIOS could not find or load the CPU Microcode Update to the CPU. This message
	only applies to INTEL CPUs. The message is most likely to appear when a brand
	new CPU is installed in a motherboard with an outdated BIOS. In this case, the
	BIOS must be updated to include the Microcode Update for the new CPU.
NVRAM Checksum	There was an error in while validating the NVRAM data. This causes POST to clear
Bad, NVRAM	the NVRAM data.
Cleared
Resource Conflict	More than one system device is trying to use the same non-shareable resources
	(Memory or I/O).
NVRAM Ignored	The NVRAM data used to store Plug’n’Play (PnP) data was not used for system
	configuration in POST.
NVRAM Bad	The NVRAM data used to store Plug’n’Play (PnP) data was not used for system
	configuration in POST due to a data error.
Static Resource	Two or more Static Devices are trying to use the same resource space (usually
Conflict	Memory or I/O).
PCI I/O conflict	A PCI adapter generated an I/O resource conflict when configured by BIOS POST.
PCI ROM conflict	A PCI adapter generated an I/O resource conflict when configured by BIOS POST.
PCI IRQ conflict	A PCI adapter generated an I/O resource conflict when configured by BIOS POST.
PCI IRQ routing table	BIOS POST (DIM code) found a PCI device in the system but was unable to figure
error	out how to route an IRQ to the device. Usually this error is causing by an
	incomplete description of the PCI Interrupt Routing of the system.
Timer Error	Indicates an error while programming the count register of channel 2 of the 8254
	timer. This may indicate a problem with system hardware.
Refresh timer test	BIOS POST found that the refresh timer hardware failed to pass the Refresh
failed	Retrace Test.
Interrupt Controller-1	BIOS POST could not initialize the Master Interrupt Controller. This may indicate a
error	problem with system hardware.

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