or hard drive.

Drive," "Troubleshooting a Tape Drive," and "Troubleshooting Hard

Read fault

 

Drives" in "Troubleshooting Your System." If the problem persists,

 

see "Getting Help."

 

 

Requested sector not found

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

Faulty or improperly installed expansion card.

See "Troubleshooting Expansion Cards" in "Troubleshooting Your

 

 

System."

ROM bad checksum = address

 

 

 

 

 

 

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."

 

 

 

 

 

Faulty diskette or hard drive.

Replace the diskette. If the problem persists, see "Troubleshooting

 

 

Hard Drives" in "Troubleshooting Your System." If the problem

Sector not found

 

persists, see "Getting Help."

 

 

 

 

 

Seek error

 

 

Seek operation failed

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shutdown test failure.

See "Troubleshooting System Memory" in "Troubleshooting Your

 

 

System."

Shutdown failure

 

 

 

 

 

 

Faulty battery.

See "Troubleshooting the System Battery" in "Troubleshooting Your

 

 

System."

Time-of-day clock stopped

 

 

 

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

Time-of-day not set - please

 

system battery (see "System Battery" in "Installing System

 

Options").

run SETUP program

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Faulty system board.

See "Getting Help."

Timer chip counter 2 failed

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

protected mode

 

 

 

 

 

 

Microprocessor is not supported by the system.

Update the BIOS firmware (see "Getting Help").

Unsupported CPU stepping

 

 

detected

 

 

 

 

 

 

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).

Utility partition not

 

 

available

 

 

 

 

 

 

BIOS error.

Update the BIOS firmware (see "Getting Help").

Warning! No microcode update

 

 

loaded for processor n

 

 

 

 

 

 

Faulty diskette, CD drive, diskette drive, hard drive,

See "Troubleshooting the Diskette Drive," "Troubleshooting a CD

 

or hard-drive subsystem.

Drive," and "Troubleshooting Hard Drives" in "Troubleshooting Your

Write fault

 

System."

 

 

 

 

 

Write fault on selected drive

 

 

 

 

 

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 2-8. If you are unable to resolve the problem by looking up the meaning of the beep code, use the system diagnostics to identify the cause. If you are still unable to resolve the problem, see "Getting Help."

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