Dell 4100/200, 4100/180 manual Guide

Table 3-1. System Messages (Continued)

Message	Cause	Action
Keyboard con-	A cable or connector	Check the keyboard cable and connector for proper connec-
troller error	may be loose, or the	tion. If the problem persists, run the Keyboard Test Group in
	keyboard controller may	the system diagnostics to determine whether the keyboard or
	be faulty.	keyboard controller is faulty. See Chapter 5, “Running the
		System Diagnostics.”
EISA configura-	The EISA jumper may	Remove the EISA jumper, reboot the system, and restore the
tion NVRAM bad	have been accidentally	EISA configuration parameters. See Chapter 5, “Using the
	installed.	EISA Configuration Utility,” in the User’s Guide.
EISA configura-	The EISA data in	Verify that any installed EISA expansion cards are properly
tion error	NVRAM does not	seated, and then run the EISA Configuration Utility to verify
	match the installed	that the configuration parameters are correct. See Chapter 5,
	EISA expansion cards.	“Using the EISA Configuration Utility,” in the User’s Guide.
Invalid CPU	The microprocessor-	Check the microprocessor speed jumpers. See Table C-1.
speed detected -	speed jumper plug may
check jumpers	be absent or installed on
	the wrong pins.
Resource con-	The BIOS detected a	See “Resolving Resource Conflicts” in Chapter 5 in the User’s
flict	resource conflict while	Guide.
Warning: IRQ not	configuring a Plug and
initialized	Play ISA or PCI expan-
Expansion ROM	sion card.
not initialized
System configu-	A chip on the system	Run the System Set Test Group. See Chapter 5, “Running the
ration data	board may be mal-	System Diagnostics.” A faulty chip on the system board usu-
write error	functioning.	ally requires that you replace the system board.
System memory	DIMM memory may	Remove and reseat the DIMMs. See “Installing DIMMs” and
size has changed	have been added or	“Removing DIMMs” in Chapter 8. If the problem persists, run
- Run Configura-	removed, or one or more	the RAM Test Group in the system diagnostics. See Chapter 5,
tion Utility	DIMMs may be improp-	“Running the System Diagnostics.”
	erly seated or faulty.

Stepping of CPU1 is less than sA1 - System halted!

APentium® Pro micro- processor that is not supported by the system is installed in the PROCESSOR1 socket.

Replace the microprocessor with a correct version of the Pen- tium Pro microprocessor from Dell. See “Upgrading the Microprocessor or Installing a Secondary Microprocessor” in Chapter 8 for details.

NOTE: For the full name of an abbreviation or acronym used in this table, see the abbreviation and acronym list.

Messages and Codes 3-3