Dell T5400 manual Hardware Troubleshooter, Windows XP, Click Start→ Help and Support

H A R D - D I S K R E A D F A I L U R E — Possible hard drive failure during hard-drive 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 the keyboard cable is loose (see "Keyboard Problems" in your User’s Guide).

NO 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 the system setup program 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 — System board failure or a chip on the system board might be malfunctioning (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 LF MO NI T O R IN 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.

Hardware Troubleshooter

If a device is either not detected during the operating system setup or is detected, but incorrectly configured, you can use the Hardware Troubleshooter to resolve the incompatibility.

Windows XP:

1Click Start→ Help and Support.

2Type hardware troubleshooter in the search field and press <Enter> to start the search.

3In the Fix a Problem section, click Hardware Troubleshooter.

4In the Hardware Troubleshooter list, select the option that best describes the problem and click Next to follow the remaining troubleshooting steps.

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