Troubleshooting Tools 85
NO BOOT DEVICE AVAILABLE —No bootable partition on hard drive, no bootable
floppy in floppy driver, the hard drive or floppy cable is loose, or no bootable device
exists.
•If the floppy drive is your boot device, ensure that a bootable floppy disk is in the
drive.
•If the hard drive is your boot device, ensure that the cables are connected and
that the drive is installed properly and partitioned as a boot device.
•Enter system setup and ensure that the boot sequence information is correct.
See "Entering System Setup" on page174.
NO TIMER TICK INTERRUPT —A chip on the system board might be
malfunctioning or motherboard failure. See "Contacting Dell" on page187 for
assistance.
NON-SYSTEM DISK OR DISK ERROR—Replace the floppy disk with one that has
a bootable operating system or remove the floppy disk from drive A and restart the
computer.
NOT A BOOT DISKETTE —Insert a bootable floppy disk and restart your computer.
USB OVER CURRENT ERROR —Disconnect the USB device. Use external power
source for the USB device.
NOTICE - HARD DRIVE SELF MONITORING SYSTEM HAS REPORTED THAT A
PARAMETER HAS EXCEEDED ITS NORMAL OPERATING RANGE. DELL
RECOMMENDS THAT YOU BACK UP YOUR DATA REGULARLY. A PARAMETER OUT
OF RANGE MAY OR MAY NOT INDICATE A POTENTIAL HARD DRIVE PROBLEM.—
S.M.A.R.T error or possible hard drive failure. This feature can be enabled or
disabled in the BIOS setup.
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