Dell KP542 manual Quick Reference Guide

H A R D - D I S K R E A D F A I L U R E — Possible HDD failure during HDD boot test (see "Contacting Dell" in your User’s Guide for assistance).

K E Y B O A R D F A I L U R E — Keyboard failure or keyboard cable loose (see "Keyboard Problems" in your User’s Guide).

N O B O O T D E V I C E A V A I L A B L E — The system cannot detect a bootable device or partition.

•If the floppy drive is your boot device, ensure that the cables are connected and that a bootable floppy disk is in the drive.

•If the hard drive is your boot device, ensure that the cables are connected and that the drive is installed properly and partitioned as a boot device.

•Enter System Setup and ensure that the boot sequence information is correct (see "Entering System Setup" in your User’s Guide).

N O T I M E R T I C K I N T E R R U P T — A chip on the system board might be malfunctioning or motherboard failure (see "Contacting Dell" in your User’s Guide for assistance).

N O N - S YS T E M D I S K O R D I S K E R R O R — Replace the floppy disk with one that has a bootable operating system or remove the floppy disk from drive A and restart the computer.

N O T A B O O T D I S K E T T E — Insert a bootable floppy disk and restart your computer.

N O T I C E - H A R D D R I V E S E L F M O N I T O R I N G S Y S T E M H A S R E P O R T E D T H A T A P A R A M E T E R H A S E X C E E D E D I T S N O R M A L O P E R A T I N G R A N G E . D E L L

R E C O M M E N D S T H A T Y O U B A C K U P Y O U R D A T A R E G U L A R L Y . A P A R A M E T E R O U T O F R A N G E M A Y O R M A Y N O T I N D I C A T E A P O T E N T I A L H A R D D R I V E P R O B L E M . —

S.M.A.R.T error, possible HDD failure. This feature can be enabled or disabled in BIOS setup.

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