Troubleshooting Tools 83
NO BOOT DEVICE AVAILABLE — No bootable partition on HDD or Not a bootable
floppy in floppy driver, or HDD/Floppy cable 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 page 172).
NO TIMER TICK INTERRUPT — A chip on the system board might be
malfunctioning or motherboard failure (see "Getting Help" on page 183 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, possible HDD failure. This feature can be enabled or disabled in
BIOS setup.
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