Table 1-6. System Messages (continued)

Message

Causes

Corrective Actions

 

 

 

Plug & Play Configuration

Error encountered in initializing

Install the NVRAM_CLR jumper and

Error

PCI device; faulty system board.

reboot the system. See Figure 6-1 for

 

 

jumper location. Check for a BIOS

 

 

update. If the problem persists, see

 

 

"Troubleshooting Expansion Cards"

 

 

on page 108. If the problem persists,

 

 

see "Getting Help" on page 121.

 

 

 

Primary drive n

Faulty hard-disk drive.

Replace the hard-disk drive. See

configuration error

 

"Troubleshooting SATA Hard Drives"

Primary drive 1 failure

 

on page 105 or "Troubleshooting a

 

SAS RAID Controller" on page 107 in

 

 

 

 

for the appropriate drive(s) installed

 

 

in your system.

 

 

 

Read fault

Faulty diskette, diskette drive,

Replace the diskette. Ensure that the

Requested sector not

optical drive, or hard drive.

diskette, optical, and hard-drive cables

found

 

are properly connected. See

 

 

"Troubleshooting a Diskette Drive" on

 

 

page 101, "Troubleshooting an Optical

 

 

Drive" on page 102, "Troubleshooting

 

 

SATA Hard Drives" on page 105," or

 

 

"Troubleshooting a SAS RAID

 

 

Controller" on page 107" for the

 

 

appropriate drive(s) installed in your

 

 

system.

 

 

 

Remote Configuration

System could not implement

Retry Remote Configuration.

update attempt failed

Remote Configuration request.

 

 

 

 

ROM bad checksum =

Faulty or improperly installed

Remove and reseat the expansion

address

expansion card.

cards. See "Troubleshooting

 

 

Expansion Cards" on page 108.

SATA

Port

n

hard disk

Faulty SATA hard drive.

drive configuration error

 

SATA

Port

n

hard disk

 

drive failure

 

SATA Port n hard disk drive auto-sensing error

Replace the hard-disk drive. See "Troubleshooting SATA Hard Drives" on page 105 for the appropriate drive(s) installed in your system.

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