Dell 410 Message Possible Cause Corrective Action, System setup see Entering System Setup

3-1-2	Master DMA register failure
3-1-3	Master interrupt mask register failure
3-1-4	Slave interrupt mask register failure
3-2-2	Interrupt vector loading failure
3-2-4	Keyboard Controller Test failure
3-3-1		NVRAM power loss
3-3-2		NVRAM configuration
3-3-4	Video Memory Test failure
3-4-1		Screen initialization failure
3-4-2		Screen retrace failure
3-4-3	Search for video ROM failure
4-2-1		No time tick
4-2-2		Shutdown failure
4-2-3		Gate A20 failure
4-2-4		Unexpected interrupt in protected mode
4-3-3	Timer-chip counter 2 failure
4-3-4		Time-of-day clock stopped
4-4-1	Serial or parallel port test failure
4-4-4		Cache test failure
Message			Possible Cause	Corrective Action
8042 Gate-A20			The keyboard controller	If you receive this message after you make
error			failed its test.	changes in the system setup program, enter
				system setup (see Entering System Setup)
				program and restore the original value(s).
Address Line			An error in the address	Reseat the memory modules (see Removing
Short!			decoding circuitry in the	Memory.
			memory has occurred.
C: Drive Error			The hard drive is not	Ensure that the drive is installed correctly in
			working or is not	the computer and defined correctly in the
C: Drive			configured correctly.	system setup program (see Entering System
				Setup).
Failure
Cache Memory			The cache memory is not	See "Contacting Dell" in your Owner's Manual
Bad, Do Not			operating.	for instructions on obtaining technical
Enable Cache				assistance.
CH-2 Timer			An error is occurring on the	See "Contacting Dell" in your Owner's Manual
Error			timer on the system board.	for instructions on obtaining technical
				assistance.
CMOS Battery			The system configuration	Enter the system setup program (see
State Low			information in the system	Entering System Setup), verify the system
			setup program is incorrect	configuration, and then restart the
CMOS Checksum			or the battery charge may	computer.
			be low.
Failure
CMOS System
Options Not Set
CMOS Display
Type Mismatch
CMOS Memory
Size Mismatch
CMOS Time and
Date Not Set
Diskette Boot			Drive A or B is present but	Ensure that the drive is installed correctly in
Failure			has failed the BIOS POST.	the computer and defined correctly in the
				system setup program (see Entering System
				Setup). Check the interface cable at both
				ends.
DMA Error			Error in the DMA controller	The keyboard or system board (see
			on the system board.	Removing the System Board) may need to
DMA 1 Error				be replaced.
DMA 2 Error
FDD Controller			The BIOS cannot	Ensure that the floppy drive or the hard
Failure			communicate with the	drive (Installing a Hard Drive) is installed
			floppy drive or hard drive	correctly in the computer and defined
HDD Controller			controller.	correctly in the system setup program (see
				Entering System Setup). Check the interface
Failure
				cable at both ends.
INTR1 Error			An interrupt channel on the	The keyboard or system board (see
			system board failed to	Removing the System Board) may need to