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Computer cover was removed since last | No action required. | ||
Since Last System Startup | system startup. |
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Front audio harness has been detached or | Reconnect or replace front audio harness. | ||
| unseated from motherboard. |
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Front USB harness has been detached or | Reconnect or replace front USB harness. | ||
| unseated from motherboard. |
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There is an incompatibility/problem with this | Try rebooting the system. If the error | ||
initialize | device and the system or PCI Express Link | reoccurs, the device may not work with this | |
| could not be retrained to an x1. | system | |
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Both external and internal serial ports are | 1. | Remove any serial port expansion | |
| assigned to COM1. |
| cards. |
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| 2. | Clear CMOS. (See Appendix B, |
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| 3. | Reconfigure card resources and/or run |
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| Computer Setup or Windows utilities. |
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Both external and internal serial ports are | 1. | Remove any serial port expansion | |
| assigned to COM2. |
| cards. |
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| 2. | Clear CMOS. (See Appendix B, |
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| 3. | Reconfigure card resources and/or run |
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| Computer Setup or Windows utilities. |
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Both external and internal serial ports are | 1. | Remove any serial port expansion | |
| assigned to same IRQ. |
| cards. |
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| 2. | Clear CMOS. (See Appendix B, |
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| 3. | Reconfigure card resources and/or run |
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| Computer Setup or Windows utilities. |
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Hard drive is about to fail. (Some hard drives | 1. | Determine if hard drive is giving correct | |
Failure | have a hard drive firmware patch that will fix |
| error message. Enter Computer Setup |
| an erroneous error message.) |
| and run the Drive Protection System test |
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| under Storage > DPS |
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| 2. | Apply hard drive firmware patch |
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| if applicable. (Available at |
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| 3. | Back up contents and replace hard |
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| drive. |
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One or more SATA devices are improperly | Ensure SATA connectors are used in | ||
| attached. For optimal performance, the SATA | ascending order. For one device, use SATA | |
| 0 and SATA 1 connectors must be used | 0. For two devices, use SATA 0 and SATA 1. | |
| before SATA 2 and SATA 3. | For three devices, use SATA 0, SATA 1, and | |
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| SATA 2. |
Drivelock is enabled on one or more SATA hard drives, and they cannot be accessed while the system is configured for RAID mode.
Either remove the Drivelocked SATA device or disable the Drivelock feature. To disable the Drivelock feature, enter Computer Setup, change Storage > Storage Options > SATA
54 Appendix A POST Error Messages | ENWW |