Error Messages

Messages generated by the software—the operating system or application programs—generally are text messages, but they also can be numeric. The following are the various error messages.

POST error messages

POST beep codes

Diagnostic error messages

Software generated messages

Multiple messages

Error

Message

 

Description

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

POST

Error

 

Displayed

when

POST

finds

problems

with

the

 

hardware

Messages

 

or detects a change in

the

hardware

 

configuration.

 

 

 

 

 

POST

Beep

Codes

Sounds emitted from the speaker if POST finds a

 

 

 

problem. One or more beeps indicate a

problem

was

 

 

 

found by

the

POST.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diagnostic

Error

Displayed when a test program finds a problem with a

Messages

 

hardware

option.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Software

 

Displayed if a problem or conflict is found by an

Generated

Error

application

program,

the

operating

system,

or

both. For

Messages

 

an explanation of these messages, refer to the

 

 

 

information

supplied with that software package.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Multiple Messages

The

first

error that occurs can cause additional errors.

 

 

 

Follow

the

suggested

action of

the first

 

error

displayed.

 

 

 

In this case, the system displays more than one error

 

 

 

message. Always follow the suggested action

 

 

 

 

 

instructions forfirsttherror

message

displayed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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IBM 2140, 2142 manual Error Messages, Description