38 About Your System
No boot device
available
Faulty or missing
optical/diskette drive
subsystem, hard drive, or
hard-drive subsystem, or
no boot disk in drive A.
Use a bootable diskette, CD,
or hard drive. If the problem
persists, see
"Troubleshooting an Optical
Drive" on page143,
"Troubleshooting an Optical
Drive" on page143, and
"Troubleshooting a Hard
Drive" on page146. See
"Using the System Setup
Program" on page45 for
information on setting the
order of boot devices.
No boot sector on
hard drive
Incorrect configuration
settings in System Setup
program, or no operating
system on hard drive.
Check the hard-drive
configuration settings in the
System Setup program. See
"Using the System Setup
Program" on page45. If
necessary, install the
operating system on your
hard drive. See your
operating system
documentation.
No timer tick
interrupt
Faulty system board. See “"Getting Help" on
page167."
Northbound merge
error - The
following DIMM has
been disabled by
BIOS: DIMM x
The specified DIMM was
unable to establish a
successful data link with
the memory controller.
See "Troubleshooting
System Memory" on
page142.
Not a boot
diskette
No operating system on
diskette.
Use a bootable diskette.
Table 1-7. System Messages (continued)
Message Causes Corrective Actions
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