assistance.

IDE bus failure has occurred.

Reseat the drive cables. If the problem persists, see "Contacting Dell" in the Solutions Guide for instructions on obtaining technical assistance.

USB port or a device connected to it has failed initialization.

Disconnect the device from the USB connector. If the problem persists, see "Contacting Dell" in the Solutions Guide for instructions on obtaining technical assistance.

Other failure.

See "Contacting Dell" in the Solutions Guide for instructions on obtaining technical assistance.

Computer has started and turned over control to the operating system.

No action is necessary.

POST Beep Codes

If the monitor cannot display errors or problems, during POST the computer might emit a series of beeps, or beep code, that identifies the problem. The POST beep codes are listed below.

Beep

 

 

Codes

Possible Cause

Corrective Action

 

 

 

1

A memory refresh failure occurred.

Reseat the memory modules.

 

 

 

2

Memory parity cannot be reset.

Reseat the memory modules.

 

 

 

3

A failure occurred in the first 64 KB of memory.

Reseat the memory modules.

 

 

 

4

The system timer is not operational.

See "Contacting Dell" in the Solutions Guide for instructions on obtaining technical

 

 

assistance.

6

8042 Gate A20 cannot be toggled.

See "Contacting Dell" in the Solutions Guide for instructions on obtaining technical

 

 

assistance.

 

 

 

7

An exception interrupt error occurred.

See "Contacting Dell" in the Solutions Guide for instructions on obtaining technical

 

 

assistance.

 

 

 

8

A read/write error occurred in the display

See "Contacting Dell" in the Solutions Guide for instructions on obtaining technical

 

memory.

assistance.

 

 

 

10

A CMOS shutdown register test error occurred.

See "Contacting Dell" in the Solutions Guide for instructions on obtaining technical

 

 

assistance.

 

 

 

11

An invalid BIOS is installed.

See "Contacting Dell" in the Solutions Guide for instructions on obtaining technical

 

 

assistance.

 

 

 

 

 

 

System Messages

Message

Possible Cause

Corrective Action

 

 

 

8042 Gate-A20 error

The keyboard controller failed its test.

If you receive this message after making changes in the system setup

 

 

program, enter the program and restore the original value(s).

 

 

 

Address Line Short!

Error in the address decoding circuitry in the

Reseat the memory modules.

 

memory.

 

 

 

 

C: Drive Error

The hard drive is not working or is not configured

Ensure that the drive is installed correctly in the computer and defined

 

correctly.

correctly in the system setup program.

C: Drive Failure

 

 

 

 

 

Cache Memory Bad, Do

Cache memory is not operating.

See "Contacting Dell" in the Solutions Guide for instructions on obtaining

Not Enable Cache

 

technical assistance.

 

 

 

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