5 Power-On Self-Test and Error Messages

Error Message Summary

The following table list the error codes, causes and symptoms and the accompanied short message that are displayed in the upper left corner of the screen.

Code #

Cause / Symptom

Short message (US)

 

 

 

0000h

Any POST error that is not listed below

System error

 

 

 

0010h

CMOS Checksum error (if no Serial EEProm)

Incorrect CMOS Checksum

 

 

 

0011h

Date and Time most (CMOS backed up from SE2P)

Date and Time Lost

 

 

 

0012h

PC configuration lost (both SE2P and CMOS lost)

Incorrect PC Configuration

 

 

 

0020h

Any POST error regarding an AT option ROM

Option ROM Error

 

 

 

0021h

Any POST error regarding an external PCI card issue

PCI Error

 

 

 

0022h

Any POST regarding an AT PnP issue

ISA P1P Error

 

 

 

0030h

Unsupported CPU speed switch setting

Wrong CPU Speed Setting

 

 

 

0040h

Serial number corrupted (bad checksum or null #)

Invalid PC Serial Number

 

 

 

0041

Product flag not initialized or bad

Invalid Internal product type

 

 

 

0050h

Fan not connected (according to CPU)

Fan Not Connected

 

 

 

0060h

RPO initialization failure

Remote Power On Error

 

 

 

0100h

Keyboard stuck key

Keyboard Error

 

 

 

0101h

Keyboard self-test failure

Keyboard Error

 

 

 

0102h

Keyboard controller I/O access failure

Keyboard Error

 

 

 

0103h

Keyboard not connected

Keyboard Not Connected

 

 

 

0105h

Mouse self-test failure

Mouse Error

 

 

 

0106h

Mouse not detected (but configured in CMOS)

Mouse Error

 

 

 

0108h

Mouse and Keyboard connectors reversed

Keyboard and Mouse Error

 

 

 

0200h

Conflict on serial port (@, IRQ)

Serial Port Error

 

 

 

0201h

Conflict on parallel port (@, IRQ, DMA)

Parallel Port Error

 

 

 

0300h

Floppy A: self-test failure

Flexible Disk Drive A Error

 

 

 

0301h

Floppy B: self-test failure

Flexible Disk Drive B Error

 

 

 

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