Table 1-8. System Messages (continued)

Message

Causes

Corrective Actions

 

 

 

No boot sector on hard

Incorrect configuration settings in

Check the hard-drive configuration

drive

System Setup program, or no

settings in the System Setup program.

 

operating system on hard drive.

See "Using the System Setup Program"

 

 

on page 31. 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 page 129.

 

 

 

Not a boot diskette

No operating system on diskette.

Use a bootable diskette.

 

 

 

PCIe Degraded Link Width

Faulty or improperly installed PCIe

Reseat the PCIe card in the specified

Error: Embedded

card in the specified slot.

slot number. See "Installing an

Bus#nn/Dev#nn/Funcn

 

Expansion Card" on page 53. If the

Expected Link Width is n

 

problem persists, see "Getting Help" on

 

page 129.

Actual Link Width is n

 

 

 

 

 

 

PCIe Degraded Link Width

Faulty or improperly installed PCIe

Reseat the PCIe card in the specified

Error: Slot n

card in the specified slot.

slot number. See "Installing an

Expected Link Width is n

 

Expansion Card" on page 53. If the

 

problem persists, see "Getting Help" on

Actual Link Width is n

 

 

page 129.

 

 

 

 

 

PCIe Fatal Error caused a

Faulty or improperly installed PCIe

Reseat the PCIe card in the specified

system reset: Slot n

card in the specified slot.

slot number. See "Installing an

or

 

Expansion Card" on page 53. If the

 

problem persists, see "Getting Help" on

Embedded

 

 

page 129.

Bus#nn/Dev#nn/Funcn

 

 

 

Please check the system

 

 

event log for details.

 

 

 

 

 

PCI BIOS failed to install

PCI device BIOS (Option ROM)

Reseat the expansion cards. Ensure that

 

checksum failure is detected during

all appropriate cables are securely

 

shadowing. Loose cables to expansion

connected to the expansion cards. If the

 

card(s); faulty or improperly installed

problem persists, see "Troubleshooting

 

expansion card.

Expansion Cards" on page 113.

 

 

 

Plug & Play Configuration

Error encountered in initializing PCI

Install the NVRAM_CLR jumper and

Error

device; faulty system board.

reboot the system. See Figure 6-1 for

 

 

jumper locations. If the problem persists,

 

 

see "Troubleshooting Expansion Cards"

 

 

on page 113.

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