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Table 1-6. System Messages (continued)

Message

Causes

Corrective Actions

 

 

 

Heatsink was not

Heatsink failure.

Ensure heatsink and

detected.

 

shroud assembly are

 

 

properly attached. See

 

 

Figure 3-21.

 

 

 

Insert bootable media

The operating system is

Insert a bootable

 

trying to boot from a

diskette or CD.

 

nonbootable diskette or

 

 

CD.

 

 

 

 

Keyboard Controller

A cable or connector

See "Troubleshooting

Failure

might be loose, or the

the Keyboard" on

Keyboard Stuck Key

keyboard or

page 105.

keyboard/mouse

 

Failure

 

controller might be

 

Keyboard failure

 

faulty.

 

 

 

 

 

 

NIC failure.

 

See "Troubleshooting a

 

 

NIC" on page 108.

No boot device

The system cannot find

available

the diskette or hard

 

drive.

If the diskette drive is your boot device, ensure that a bootable disk is in the drive.

If the hard drive is your boot device, ensure that the hard drive is installed, the interface cable is properly connected, and the hard drive is partitioned as a boot device.

Enter the System Setup program and verify the boot sequence information. See "Using the System Setup Program" on page 31.

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