Dell NM176 System configuration Enter the System Setup, Appear after verifying, Setup program

Table 1-4. System Messages (continued)

Message	Causes	Corrective Actions
No boot sector on	The system configuration	Enter the System Setup
hard-disk drive	information in the System	program and verify the
	Setup program might be	system configuration
	incorrect.	information for the hard
		drive. See your Hardware
		Owner’s Manual for details.
		If the message continues to
		appear after verifying the
		information in the System
		Setup program, the
		operating system might
		have been corrupted.
		Reinstall the operating
		system. See your operating
		system documentation for
		reinstallation information.
No timer tick	A chip on the system board	Run the system diagnostics.
interrupt	might be malfunctioning.	See "Running the System
		Diagnostics" on page 117.
Not a boot diskette The operating system is		Insert a diskette that has a
	trying to boot from a	bootable operating system.
	diskette that does not have
	a bootable operating system
	installed on it.
Option ROM Checksum	PCI device BIOS (Option	Ensure that all appropriate
Error	ROM) checksum failure is	cables are securely
	detected during shadowing. connected to the expansion
		cards. If the problem

persists, see "Troubleshooting Expansion Cards" on page 113.

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