Dell DCDO, 710 H2C service manual System Messages, Possible Cause, Corrective Action

3-1-1 Slave DMA register failure

3-1-2 Master DMA register failure

3-1-3 Master interrupt mask register failure

3-1-4 Slave interrupt mask register failure

3-2-2 Interrupt vector loading failure

3-2-4 Keyboard Controller Test failure

3-3-1 NVRAM power loss

3-3-2 NVRAM configuration

3-4-1 Screen initialization failure

3-4-2 Screen retrace failure

4-2-1 No time tick

4-2-2 Shutdown failure

4-2-3 Gate A20 failure

4-2-4 Unexpected interrupt in protected mode

4-3-3 Timer-chip counter 2 failure

4-3-4 Time-of-day clock stopped 4-4-1 Serial or parallel port test failure 4-4-4 Cache test failure

System Messages

NOTE: If the message you received is not listed in the table, see the documentation for either the operating system or the program that was running when the message appeared.

Message	Possible Cause	Corrective Action
8042 Gate-	The keyboard controller	If you receive this message after you make
A20 error	failed its test.	changes in the system setup program, enter the
		system setup program and restore the original
		value(s).

Address Line Short!

C:Drive Error

C:Drive

Failure

Cache

Memory Bad,

Do Not

Enable

Cache

CH-2 Timer

Error

CMOS Battery

State Low

CMOS

Checksum

Failure

CMOS System

An error in the address decoding circuitry in the memory has occurred.

The hard drive is not working or is not configured correctly.

The cache memory is not operating.

An error is occurring on the timer on the system board.

The system configuration information in the system setup program is incorrect or the battery charge may be low.

Reseat the memory modules (see Memory).

Ensure that the hard drive is installed correctly in the computer (see Hard Drive) and defined correctly in the system setup program (see System Setup).

See "Contacting Dell" in your Owner's Manual for instructions on obtaining technical assistance.

See "Contacting Dell" in your Owner's Manual for instructions on obtaining technical assistance.

Enter the system setup program (see Entering System Setup), verify the system configuration, and then restart the computer.