20 About Your System
Warning Messages
A warning message alerts you to a possible problem and prompts you to
respond before the system continues a task. For example, before you format a
hard drive, a message warns you that you may lose all data on the hard drive.
Warning messages usually interrupt the task and require you to respond by
typing y (yes) or n (no).
NOTE: Warning messages are generated by either the application or the operating
system. For more information, see the documentation that accompanied the
operating system or application.
Diagnostics Messages
The system diagnostic utilities may issue messages if you run diagnostic tests
on your system. See "Running the System Diagnostics" on page 115 for more
information about system diagnostics.
Alert Messages
Systems management software generates alert messages for your system. Alert
messages include information, status, warning, and failure messages for drive,
temperature, fan, and power conditions. For more information, see the
systems management software documentation.
Timer chip
counter 2
failed.
Faulty system board. See "Getting Help" on
page 123.
TPM failure. A TPM function has failed. See "Getting Help" on
page 123.
Warning! No
micro code
update loaded
for processor n.
Micro code update failed. Update the BIOS firmware.
See "Getting Help" on
page 123.
NOTE: For the full name of an abbreviation or acronym used in this table, see the
Glossary
on support.dell.com/manuals.
Message Causes Corrective Actions