Message

Causes

Corrective Actions

 

 

 

No boot sector on

Incorrect configuration

Check the hard drive

hard drive.

settings in System Setup

configuration settings in the

 

program, or no operating

System Setup program.

 

system on hard drive.

See "Using the System Setup

 

 

Program and

 

 

UEFI Boot Manager" on

 

 

page 39. If necessary, install

 

 

the operating system on your

 

 

hard drive. See your

 

 

operating system

 

 

documentation.

 

 

 

No timer tick

Faulty system board.

See "Getting Help" on

interrupt.

 

page 149.

PCIe Training

Faulty or improperly

Reseat the PCIe card in the

Error: Expected

installed PCIe card in the

specified slot number.

Link Width is x,

specified slot.

See "Troubleshooting

Actual Link Width

 

Expansion Cards" on

is y.

 

page 134. If the problem

 

 

persists, see "Getting Help"

 

 

on page 149.

 

 

 

Plug & Play

Error encountered in

Install the NVRAM_CLR

Configuration

initializing PCIe device;

jumper in the clear position

Error.

faulty system board.

(pins 1 and 3) and reboot the

 

 

system. See Figure 6-1 for

 

 

jumper location. If the

 

 

problem persists,

 

 

see "Troubleshooting

 

 

Expansion Cards" on

 

 

page 134.

 

 

 

Quad rank DIMM

Invalid memory

Ensure that the memory

detected after

configuration.

modules are installed in a

single rank or

 

valid configuration.

dual rank DIMM in

 

See "General Memory

socket.

 

Module

 

 

Installation Guidelines" on

 

 

page 76.

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