Table 1-6. System Messages (continued)

Message

Causes

Corrective Actions

 

 

 

Read fault

The operating system cannot read

Replace the diskette. Ensure that the

Requested sector not

from the diskette or hard drive, the

diskette and hard drive cables are

system could not find a particular

properly connected. See

found

sector on the disk, or the requested

"Troubleshooting a USB Device" on

 

 

sector is defective.

page 71, "Troubleshooting an Optical

 

 

Drive" on page 78, or "Troubleshooting

 

 

a Hard Drive" on page 78 for the

 

 

appropriate drive(s) installed in your

 

 

system.

 

 

 

Remote configuration

System unable to process Remote

Retry Remote Configuration.

update attempt failed

Configuration request.

 

 

 

 

ROM bad checksum =

Expansion card improperly installed

Reseat the expansion cards. Ensure

address

or faulty.

that all appropriate cables are securely

 

 

connected to the expansion cards. If

 

 

the problem persists, see

 

 

"Troubleshooting an Expansion Card"

 

 

on page 80.

 

 

 

SATA port n hard disk

SATA cables are not properly seated,

See "Troubleshooting a Hard Drive" on

drive not found

or drive missing.

page 78.

 

 

 

Sector not found

Faulty diskette or hard drive.

See "Troubleshooting a USB Device"

Seek error

 

on page 71 or "Troubleshooting a Hard

 

Drive" on page 78 for the appropriate

Seek operation failed

 

 

drive.

 

 

 

 

 

Shutdown failure

Shutdown test failure.

See "Troubleshooting System Memory"

 

 

on page 76.

The amount

of system

Memory has been added or removed

memory has

changed

or a memory module may be faulty.

If memory has been added or removed, this message is informative and can be ignored. If memory has not been added or removed, check the SEL to determine if single-bit or multi-bit errors were detected and replace the faulty memory module. See "Troubleshooting System Memory" on page 76.

This system supports only

Microprocessor(s) is not supported

Install a supported microprocessor or

Opteron 2000 series

by the system.

microprocessor combination. See

processors.

 

"Processors" on page 50.

 

 

 

Time-of-day clock stopped

Faulty battery or faulty chip.

See "Troubleshooting the System

 

 

Battery" on page 74.

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