Table 1-4. System Messages (continued)

Message

Causes

Corrective Actions

 

 

 

Not a boot diskette

The operating system is trying to boot

Insert a diskette that has a bootable

 

from a diskette that does not have a

operating system.

 

bootable operating system installed

 

 

on it.

 

PCI BIOS failed to install PCI device BIOS (Option ROM) checksum failure is detected during shadowing.

Ensure that all appropriate cables are securely connected to the expansion cards. If the problem persists, see "Troubleshooting Expansion Cards" on page 91.

PCIe Degraded Link Width

Faulty or improperly installed PCIe

Reseat the PCIe cards. See "Expansion

Error: Embedded

card.

Cards" on page 63. If the problem

Bus#nn/Dev#nn/Funcn

 

persists, see "Getting Help" on page 103.

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" on

Expected Link Width is n

 

page 63. If the problem persists, see

 

"Getting Help" on page 103.

Actual Link Width is n

 

 

 

 

 

 

PCIe Training Error:

Faulty or improperly installed PCIe

Reseat the PCIe cards. See "Expansion

Embedded

card.

Cards" on page 63. If the problem

Bus#nn/Dev#nn/Funcn

 

persists, see "Getting Help" on page 103.

PCIe Training Error:

Faulty or improperly installed PCIe

Reseat the PCIe card in the specified

Slot n

card in the specified slot number.

slot number. See "Expansion Cards" on

 

 

page 63. If the problem persists, see

 

 

"Getting Help" on page 103.

Plug & Play Configuration

Error encountered in initializing PCI

Error

device; faulty system board.

Install the NVRAM_CLR jumper and 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 91. If the problem persists, see "Getting Help" on page 103.

Primary drive 0/1

Faulty drive. Parameters failure.

Ensure that the hard drive cables are

configuration error

 

properly connected. See

 

 

"Troubleshooting a Hard Drive" on

 

 

page 90.

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Dell 860 Insert a diskette that has a bootable, Faulty or improperly installed PCIe, Card Cards on page 63. If the problem