N O B O O T D E V I C E A V A I L A B L E — No bootable partition on HDD or Not a bootable floppy in floppy driver, or HDD/Floppy cable loose, or No bootable device exists.
•If the floppy drive is your boot device, ensure that a bootable floppy disk is in the drive.
•If the hard drive is your boot device, ensure that the cables are connected and that the drive is installed properly and partitioned as a boot device.
•Enter system setup and ensure that the boot sequence information is correct (see "Entering System Setup" on page 172).
N O T I M E R T I C K I N T E R R U P T — A chip on the system board might be malfunctioning or motherboard failure (see "Getting Help" on page 183 for assistance).
N O N - S YS T E M D I S K O R D I S K E R R O R — Replace the floppy disk with one that has a bootable operating system or remove the floppy disk from drive A and restart the computer.
N O T A B O O T D I S K E T T E — Insert a bootable floppy disk and restart your computer.
USB O V E R C U R R E N T E R R O R — Disconnect the USB device. Use external power source for the USB device.
NOTICE - H A R D D R I V E SELF MONITORING SYSTEM H A S R E P O R T E D T H A T A PARAMETER HAS EXCEEDED ITS NORMAL OPERATING RANGE. DELL RECOMMENDS T H A T Y O U B A C K U P Y O U R D A T A R E G U L A R L Y. A P A R A M E T E R O U T O F R A N G E M A Y O R M A Y N O T I N D I C A T E A P O T E N T I A L H A R D D R I V E P R O B L E M . — S.M.A.R.T error, possible HDD failure. This feature can be enabled or disabled in BIOS setup.
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