Dell 840 manual Port n, If a drive is not connected to port n, System Setup program. See

Table 1-6. System Messages (continued)

Message	Causes	Corrective Actions
SATA Port n hard disk not	SATA hard drive not connected to	Ensure that the hard-drive cable is
found	port n.	properly connected. See "Hard Drives"
		on page 53.
		If a drive is not connected to port n,
		check that the SATA port is disabled
		in the System Setup program. See
		"Using the System Setup Program" on
		page 29.
Sector not found	Faulty diskette or hard drive.	Replace the diskette. If the problem
Seek error		persists, see "Troubleshooting SATA
		Hard Drives" on page 105 or
Seek operation failed
		"Troubleshooting a SAS RAID
		Controller" on page 107 for the
		appropriate drive installed in your
		system.
Shutdown failure	Shutdown test failure.	Ensure that all memory modules are
		properly installed. See
		"Troubleshooting System Memory" on
		page 100. If the problem persists, see
		"Getting Help" on page 121.
The amount of system	Faulty memory module.	See "Troubleshooting System
memory has changed.		Memory" on page 100. If the problem
		persists, see "Getting Help" on
		page 121.
The amount of tested	Invalid memory configuration	See "General Memory Module
memory is below the		Installation Guidelines" on page 76.
minimum system
configuration. System
halted!
	Faulty memory module.	See "Troubleshooting System
		Memory" on page 100. If the problem
		persists, see "Getting Help" on
		page 121."
Time-of-day clock stopped Faulty battery; faulty system board.		See "Troubleshooting the System
		Battery" on page 98. If the problem

persists, see "Getting Help" on page 121.

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