3-10 Dell Precision 410 Systems Service Manua l
No boot sector
on
hard-disk drive
Incorrect configuration
settings in System
Setup program, or
corrupted operating
system.
Incorrect configuration
settings in System Setup
program, or no operating
system on hard-disk
drive.
No timer tick
interrupt Timer on syste m board
is malfunctioning. Defective system board.
Non-system disk
or disk error Diskette in drive A or
hard-dis k driv e does not
have bootable operating
system installed on it.
Faulty diskette, di s kette/
tape drive subsystem, or
hard-disk drive sub-
system (defective system
board).
Not a boot
diskette No operating system on
diskette. No operating system on
diskette.
Plug and Play
Configuration
Error
System encountered
problem in trying to
configure one or more
expansion cards.
S ystem resource conflict.
Read fault
Requested sec-
tor not found
MS-DOS cannot read
from disk ette or hard-
disk drive.
System could not find
particular sector on
disk, or reque sted sec-
tor is defective.
Faulty diskette, di s kette/
tape drive subsystem, or
hard-disk drive sub-
system (defective system
board).
Reset failed Disk reset operation
failed. Improperly connected
diskette/tape drive, hard-
disk dri ve inter face cab le,
or power cable.
Sector not
found MS-DOS is unable to
locate sect or on dis-
ke tte or har d-disk drive.
Defective sectors on dis-
ke tte or hard-disk drive.
Seek error MS-DOS is unable to
locate speci fi c track on
diskette or hard-disk
drive.
Defective diskette or
hard-disk drive.
Seek operation
failed System could not find
particular address mark
on disk.
F aulty diskette or hard-
disk drive.
Shutdown
failure System board chip is
faulty. Defectiv e system board.