Table 1-6. 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 23. 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 95.

 

 

 

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 44. If the

Expected Link Width is n

 

problem persists, see "Getting Help"

 

on page 95.

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 44. If the

 

problem persists, see "Getting Help"

Actual Link Width is n

 

 

on page 95.

 

 

 

 

 

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 44. If the

 

problem persists, see "Getting Help"

Embedded

 

 

on page 95.

Bus#nn/Dev#nn/Funcn

 

 

 

Please check the system

 

 

event log for details.

 

 

 

 

 

PCI BIOS failed to

PCI device BIOS (Option ROM)

Reseat the expansion cards. Ensure

install

checksum failure is detected during

that all appropriate cables are securely

 

shadowing. Loose cables to

connected to the expansion cards. If

 

expansion card(s); faulty or

the problem persists, see

 

improperly installed expansion card. "Troubleshooting an Expansion Card"

 

 

on page 80.

 

 

 

Plug & Play Configuration

Error encountered in initializing

Install the NVRAM_CLR jumper and

Error

PCI device; faulty system board.

reboot the system. See Figure 6-1 for

 

 

jumper location. If the problem

 

 

persists, see "Troubleshooting an

 

 

Expansion Card" on page 80.

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Dell SC1435 owner manual System Setup program, or no, Operating system on hard drive, On page 23. If necessary, install

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