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NO BOOT DEVICE AVAILABLE —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
thedrive.
•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 page185).
NO TIMER TICK INTERRUPT — A chip on the system board might be
malfunctioning or motherboard failure (see "Contacting Dell" on page200
forassistance).
NON-SYSTEM DISK OR DISK ERROR —Replace the floppy disk with one that
has a bootable operating system or remove the floppy disk from drive A and restart
the computer.
NOT A BOOT DISKETTE —Insert a bootable floppy disk and restart your computer.
USB OVER CURRENT ERROR —Disconnect the USB device. Use external power
source for the USB device.
NOTICE - HARD DRIVE SELF MONITORING SYSTEM HAS REPORTED THAT A
PARAMETER HAS EXCEEDED ITS NORMAL OPERATING RANGE. DELL RECOMMENDS
THAT YOU BACK UP YOUR DATA REGULARLY. A PARAMETER OUT OF RANGE MAY
OR MAY NOT INDICATE A POTENTIAL HARD DRIVE PROBLEM.—S.M.A.R.T
error, possible HDD failure. This feature can be enabled or disabled in BIOS setup.
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