Appendix A

Error Codes and Messages

This appendix lists all the error codes and messages that may appear during diagnostics checks.

 

 

Table A-1. Error a&s and messages

 

 

 

 

 

 

Error code

Message

 

 

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80286 CPU ERROR

 

102

27256 ROM CHECKSUM ERROR

 

103

8254 TIMER COUNTER REGISTER ERROR

 

104

8254 TIMER COUNTER ERROR

 

105

8237 DMA CONTROLLER REGISTER ERROR

 

1::

8237 DMA REFRESH ERROR

 

 

 

612 DMA PAGE REGISTER ERROR

 

107

8042 TIMEOUT ERROR

 

108

8042 SELF DIAGNOSTIC ERROR

 

108

8042 WRITE COMMAND ERROR

 

109

8259 INTERRUPT CONTROLLER ERROR

 

110

146818 CMOS SHUTDOWN BYTE ERROR

 

111

146818 CMOS BATTERY ERROR

 

112

146818 CMOS CHECKSUM ERROR

 

113

80286 INSTRUCTION ERROR

 

114

80286 PROTECT MODE ERROR 1

 

115

80286 PROTECT MODE ERROR 2

 

 

Me;gY

MEMORY/PARITY ERROR

 

 

 

 

 

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8042 ERROR

 

301

 

KEYBOARDERROR

 

302

KEYBOARD IS NON-STANDARD, OR

 

 

 

KEYBOARD IS DEFECTIVE

 

303

KEYBOARD LOCKING ERROR

 

Monochrome display adapter and CRT

V-RAM ERROR

402VIDEO SIGNAL ERROR

403ATTRIBUTE ERROR

404CHARACTER SET ERROR

Color graphics adapter and CRT

503

V-RAM ERROR

ATTRIBUTE ERROR

504

CHARACTER SET ERROR

505

40-COLUMN CHARACTER SET ERROR

506

COLOR GRAPHICS ERROR

507

640 x 200 GRAPHICS MODE ERROR

508

SCREEN PAGING ERROR

509

LIGHT PEN ERROR

510

COLOR VIDEO ERROR

Diagnostics

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