Dell 1950 No boot sector on hard, Drive, No timer tick interrupt, Northbound merge error, Error

Table 1-8. System Messages (continued)

Message	Causes	Corrective Actions
No boot sector on hard	Incorrect configuration settings in	Check the hard-drive configuration
drive	System Setup program, or no	settings in the System Setup program.
	operating system on hard drive.	See "Using the System Setup Program"
		on page 33. If necessary, install the
		operating system on your hard drive. See
		your operating system documentation.
No timer tick interrupt	Faulty system board.	See “"Getting Help" on page 125."
Northbound merge error -	The specified DIMM was unable to	See "Troubleshooting System Memory"
The following DIMM has	establish a successful data link with	on page 102.
been disabled by BIOS:	the memory controller.
DIMM x
PCIe Degraded Link Width	Faulty or improperly installed PCIe	Reseat the PCIe card in the specified
Error: Embedded	card in the specified slot.	slot number. See "Expansion-Card Riser"
Bus#nn/Dev#nn/Funcn		on page 81. If the problem persists, see
Expected Link Width is n		"Getting Help" on page 125.
Actual Link Width is n
PCIe Degraded Link Width	Faulty or improperly installed PCIe	Reseat the PCIe card in the specified
Error: Slot n	card in the specified slot.	slot number. See "Expansion-Card Riser"
Expected Link Width is n		on page 81. If the problem persists, see
		"Getting Help" on page 125.
Actual Link Width is n
PCIe Training Error:	Faulty or improperly installed PCIe	Reseat the PCIe card in the specified
Embedded	card in the specified slot.	slot number. See "Expansion-Card Riser"
Bus#nn/Dev#nn/Funcn		on page 81. If the problem persists, see
PCIe Training Error:		"Getting Help" on page 125.
Slot n
PCI BIOS failed to install	PCI device BIOS (Option ROM)	Reseat the expansion card(s). Ensure
	checksum failure is detected during	that all appropriate cables are securely
	shadowing.	connected to the expansion card(s). If
	Loose cables to expansion card(s);	the problem persists, see
		"Troubleshooting Expansion Cards" on
	faulty or improperly installed
		page 107.
	expansion card(s).
Plug & Play Configuration	Error encountered in initializing PCI	Install the NVRAM_CLR jumper and
Error	device; faulty system board.	reboot the system. See Figure 6-1 for
		jumper location. If the problem persists,
		see "Troubleshooting Expansion Cards"
		on page 107.

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