POST Numeric Codes and Text Messages

This section covers those POST errors that have numeric codes associated with them. The section also includes some text messages that may be encountered during POST.

NOTE The computer will beep once after a POST text message is displayed on the screen.

Table A-1Numeric Codes and Text Messages

Control panel message

Description

Recommended action

 

 

 

 

101-Option ROM Checksum Error

System ROM or expansion board option

1.

Verify the correct ROM.

 

ROM checksum.

2.

Flash the ROM if needed.

 

 

 

 

3.

If an expansion board was recently

 

 

 

added, remove it to see if the problem

 

 

 

remains.

 

 

4.

Clear CMOS. (See Appendix B,

 

 

 

Password Security and Resetting

 

 

 

CMOS.)

 

 

5.

If the message disappears, there may

 

 

 

be a problem with the expansion card.

 

 

6.

Replace the system board.

 

 

 

 

103-System Board Failure

DMA or timers.

1.

Clear CMOS. (See Appendix B,

 

 

 

Password Security and Resetting

 

 

 

CMOS.)

 

 

2.

Remove expansion boards.

 

 

3.

Replace the system board.

 

 

 

 

110-Out of Memory Space for Option ROMs

Recently added PCI expansion card contains

1.

If a PCI expansion card was recently

 

an option ROM too large to download during

 

added, remove it to see if the problem

 

POST.

 

remains.

 

 

2.

In Computer Setup, set Advanced >

 

 

 

Device Options > NIC PXE Option

 

 

 

ROM Download to DISABLE to prevent

 

 

 

PXE option ROM for the internal NIC

 

 

 

from being downloaded during POST to

 

 

 

free more memory for an expansion

 

 

 

card's option ROM. Internal PXE option

 

 

 

ROM is used for booting from the NIC to

 

 

 

a PXE server.

 

 

3.

Ensure the ACPI/USB Buffers @ Top of

 

 

 

Memory setting in Computer Setup is

 

 

 

enabled.

 

 

 

162-System Options Not Set

Configuration incorrect.

Run Computer Setup and check the

 

RTC (real-time clock) battery may need to

configuration in Advanced > Onboard

 

Devices.

 

be replaced.

 

 

Reset the date and time under Control

Panel. If the problem persists, replace the

RTC battery. See the Hardware Reference

Guide on the Documentation and Diagnostics

CD for instructions on installing a new battery,

50 Appendix A POST Error Messages

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