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Message Displayed | Description |
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3rd Slave Drive - | The IDE/ATAPI device configured as Slave in the 3rd IDE controller failed an ATAPI |
ATAPI Incompatible | compatibility test. This message is typically displayed when the BIOS is trying to |
| detect and configure IDE/ATAPI devices in POST. |
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4th Master Drive - | The IDE/ATAPI device configured as Master in the 4th IDE controller failed an |
ATAPI Incompatible | ATAPI compatibility test. This message is typically displayed when the BIOS is |
| trying to detect and configure IDE/ATAPI devices in POST. |
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4th Slave Drive - | The IDE/ATAPI device configured as Slave in the 4th IDE controller failed an ATAPI |
ATAPI Incompatible | compatibility test. This message is typically displayed when the BIOS is trying to |
| detect and configure IDE/ATAPI devices in POST. |
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5th Master Drive - | The IDE/ATAPI device configured as Master in the 5th IDE controller failed an |
ATAPI Incompatible | ATAPI compatibility test. This message is typically displayed when the BIOS is |
| trying to detect and configure IDE/ATAPI devices in POST. |
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5th Slave Drive - | The IDE/ATAPI device configured as Slave in the 5th IDE controller failed an ATAPI |
ATAPI Incompatible | compatibility test. This message is typically displayed when the BIOS is trying to |
| detect and configure IDE/ATAPI devices in POST. |
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6th Master Drive - | The IDE/ATAPI device configured as Master in the 6th IDE controller failed an |
ATAPI Incompatible | ATAPI compatibility test. This message is typically displayed when the BIOS is |
| trying to detect and configure IDE/ATAPI devices in POST. |
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6th Slave Drive - | The IDE/ATAPI device configured as Slave in the 6th IDE controller failed an ATAPI |
ATAPI Incompatible | compatibility test. This message is typically displayed when the BIOS is trying to |
| detect and configure IDE/ATAPI devices in POST. |
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S.M.A.R.T. Capable | The BIOS tried to send a S.M.A.R.T. message to a hard disk, but the command |
but Command Failed | transaction failed. |
| This message can be reported by an ATAPI device using the S.M.A.R.T. error |
| reporting 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 |
Command Failed | transaction failed. |
| This message can be reported by an ATAPI device using the S.M.A.R.T. error |
| reporting 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. Status | A S.M.A.R.T. capable hard disk sends this message when it detects an imminent |
BAD, Backup and | failure.This message can be reported by an ATAPI device using the S.M.A.R.T. |
Replace | error reporting 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. Capable | A S.M.A.R.T. capable hard disk sends this message when it detects an imminent |
and Status BAD | failure. |
| This message can be reported by an ATAPI device using the S.M.A.R.T. error |
| reporting standard. S.M.A.R.T. failure messages may indicate the need to replace |
| the hard disk. |
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Virus Related
Message Displayed | Description |
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BootSector Write !! | The BIOS has detected software attempting to write to a drive’s boot sector. This is |
| flagged as possible virus activity. This message will only be displayed if Virus |
| Detection is enabled in AMIBIOS setup. |
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VIRUS: Continue | If the BIOS detects possible virus activity, it will prompt the user. This message will |
(Y/N)? | only be displayed if Virus Detection is enabled in AMIBIOS setup. |
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