
| or hard drive. | Drive," "Troubleshooting a Tape Drive," and "Troubleshooting Hard | |
Read fault |
| Drives" in "Troubleshooting Your System." If the problem persists, | |
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| Improperly connected diskette drive, tape drive, | Ensure that all cables are securely connected. If the problem | |
| hard drive, or power cable. | persists, see "Getting Help." | |
Reset failed |
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| Faulty or improperly installed expansion card. | See "Troubleshooting Expansion Cards" in "Troubleshooting Your | |
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| The secondary IDE controller is enabled in the | Run the System Setup program to correct the drive settings (see | |
| System Setup program, but no drive is attached; | "Using the System Setup Program" in your User's Guide). If the | |
Secondary drive n not found | improperly installed hard drive; loose interface or | problem persists, see "Troubleshooting Hard Drives" in | |
power cable. | "Troubleshooting Your System." | ||
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| Faulty diskette or hard drive. | Replace the diskette. If the problem persists, see "Troubleshooting | |
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Sector not found |
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| Shutdown test failure. | See "Troubleshooting System Memory" in "Troubleshooting Your | |
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Shutdown failure |
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| Faulty battery. | See "Troubleshooting the System Battery" in "Troubleshooting Your | |
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| Incorrect Time or Date settings; faulty system | Check the Time and Date settings (see "Using the System Setup | |
| battery. | Program" in your User's Guide). If the problem persists, replace the | |
| system battery (see "System Battery" in "Installing System | ||
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| Faulty system board. | See "Getting Help." | |
Timer chip counter 2 failed |
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| Faulty or improperly installed memory modules or | See "Troubleshooting System Memory" in "Troubleshooting Your | |
| faulty system board. | System." If the problem persists, see "Getting Help." | |
Unexpected interrupt in |
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| Microprocessor is not supported by the system. | Update the BIOS firmware (see "Getting Help"). | |
Unsupported CPU stepping |
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| The <F10> key was pressed during POST, but no | Create a utility partition on the boot hard drive (see "Using the Dell | |
| utility partition exists on the boot hard drive. | OpenManage Server Assistant CD" in your User's Guide). | |
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| BIOS error. | Update the BIOS firmware (see "Getting Help"). | |
Warning! No microcode update |
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| or | Drive," and "Troubleshooting Hard Drives" in "Troubleshooting Your | |
Write fault |
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System Beep Codes
When an error that cannot be reported on the monitor occurs during a boot routine, the system may emit a series of beeps that identify the problem.
NOTE: If the system boots without a keyboard, mouse, or monitor attached, the system will not issue beep codes related to these peripherals.
When a beep code is emitted, record it on a copy of the Diagnostics Checklist in "Getting Help," and then look it up in Table