Table 1-6. System Messages (continued)

Message

Causes

Corrective Actions

 

 

 

No boot device available

Faulty or missing diskette drive,

Check the Integrated Devices

 

optical drive, or hard drive.

configuration settings in the System

 

 

Setup program. See "Using the System

 

 

Setup Program" on page 29. Ensure

 

 

that either SATA Controller, Diskette

 

 

Controller, or IDE Controller is

 

 

enabled. If the system is booting from

 

 

a SCSI controller, ensure that the

 

 

controller is properly connected. If the

 

 

problem persists, replace the drive.

 

 

See "Hard Drives" on page 53.

No boot sector on

An operating system is not on the

hard-disk drive

hard drive.

Check the hard-drive configuration settings in the System Setup program. See "Using the System Setup Program" on page 29.

No timer tick interrupt

Faulty system board.

See "Getting Help" on page 121.

 

 

 

Not a boot diskette

Not a bootable diskette.

Use a bootable diskette.

PCI BIOS failed to

Loose cables to expansion card(s);

install

faulty or improperly installed

 

expansion card.

Ensure that all appropriate cables are securely connected to the expansion cards. See "Troubleshooting Expansion Cards" on page 108.

PCIe Degraded Link Width

Faulty or improperly installed PCIe

Reseat the PCIe cards. See "Expansion

Error:

card.

Cards" on page 71. If the problem

Embedded

 

persists, see "Getting Help" on

Bus#nn/Dev#nn/Funcn

 

page 121.

Expected Link Width is n

 

 

Actual Link Width is n

 

 

 

 

 

PCIe Degraded Link Width

Faulty or improperly installed PCIe

Reseat the PCIe card in the specified

Error: Slot n

card in the specified slot number.

slot number. See "Expansion Cards"

Expected Link Width is n

 

on page 71. If the problem persists,

 

see "Getting Help" on page 121.

Actual Link Width is n

 

 

 

 

 

 

PCIe Training Error:

Faulty or improperly installed PCIe

Reseat the PCIe cards. See "Expansion

Embedded

card.

Cards" on page 71. If the problem

Bus#nn/Dev#nn/Funcn

 

persists, see "Getting Help" on

 

 

page 121.

PCIe

Training Error:

Faulty or improperly installed PCIe

Slot

n

card in the specified slot number.

Reseat the PCIe card in the specified slot number. See "Expansion Cards" on page 71. If the problem persists, see "Getting Help" on page 121.

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