Dell GX240 Computer Messages, C o m p u t e r M e s s a g e s, Cause, Action, Solving Problems

Computer Messages

If you receive a computer message, see the table below for suggestions on resolving any problems indicated by the message. The computer messages are listed alphabetically.

C o m p u t e r M e s s a g e s

Message	Cause	Action
Address mark not	The basic input/output	See “Floppy Drive
found	system (BIOS) found a	Problems,” “Hard Drive
	faulty disk sector or could	Problems.”
	not find a particular disk
	sector.

NOTE: If the computer message you received is not listed in the table, check the documentation for the application program that you were running at the time the message appeared and/or the operating system documentation for an explanation of the

Alert! Previous	The computer has failed to
attempts at	complete the boot routine
booting this	three consecutive times for
system have failed	the same error.
at checkpoint
[nnnn]. For help
in resolving this
problem, please
note this
checkpoint and
contact Dell
Technical Support.

See “Getting Help” for instructions on obtaining technical assistance, and report the checkpoint code (nnnn) to the support technician.

message and a recommended action.

Attachment failed	The floppy drive or hard	See “Floppy Drive
to respond	drive controller cannot	Problems” or “Hard Drive
	send data to the associated	Problems.”
	drive.
Bad command or	The command for file	Make sure you have spelled
file name	name you entered does not	the command correctly,
	exist or is not in the	placed spaces in the proper
	pathname you specified.	location, and used the
		correct pathname.
Bad error-	The floppy drive or hard	See “Floppy Drive
correction code	drive controller detected	Problems” or “Hard Drive
(ECC) on disk read	an uncorrectable read	Problems.”
	error.

Solving Problems

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