Table 1-4. System Messages (continued)
Message | Causes | Corrective Actions |
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Memory address line | Faulty or improperly installed memory | Ensure that all memory modules are |
failure at address, read | modules, or faulty system board. | properly installed. See "Troubleshooting |
value expecting value |
| System Memory" on page 88. If the |
Memory double word logic |
| problem persists, see "Getting Help" on |
| page 103. | |
failure at address, read |
| |
|
| |
value expecting value |
|
|
Memory odd/even logic |
|
|
failure at start address |
|
|
to end address |
|
|
Memory write/read failure |
|
|
at address, read value |
|
|
expecting value |
|
|
|
|
|
Memory tests terminated by | The spacebar was pressed during | Information only. |
keystroke | POST to terminate the memory test. |
|
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|
|
No boot device available | The system cannot find the diskette or | If the diskette drive is your boot device, |
| hard drive. | ensure that a bootable disk is in the |
|
| drive. |
|
| If the hard drive is your boot device, |
|
| ensure that the hard drive is installed, |
|
| properly seated, and partitioned as a |
|
| boot device. |
|
| Enter the System Setup program and |
|
| verify the boot sequence information. |
|
| See your Hardware Owner’s Manual for |
|
| details. |
|
|
|
No boot sector on | The system configuration information | Enter the System Setup program and |
| in the System Setup program might | verify the system configuration |
| be incorrect. | information for the hard drive. See your |
|
| Hardware Owner’s Manual for details. |
|
| If the message continues to appear after |
|
| verifying the information in the System |
|
| Setup program, the operating system |
|
| might have been corrupted. Reinstall the |
|
| operating system. See your operating |
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| system documentation for reinstallation |
|
| information. |
|
|
|
No timer tick interrupt | A chip on the system board might be | Run the system diagnostics. See |
| malfunctioning. | "Running the System Diagnostics" on |
|
| page 93. |
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