POST Error Messages

POST Message

Description

0982

I/O Expansion Board NMI occurred in Slot n.

 

Action: Turn off the system and wait 30 seconds; then, turn it

 

back on. If event logging is enabled, POST logs this

 

event in nonvolatile flash memory. If the error

 

message recurs, have the system serviced.

 

 

0984

The Expansion Board in Slot n was disabled.

 

Action: Start the System Configuration Utility and check for

 

conflicts. If the problem recurs, have the system

 

serviced.

 

 

0985

Fail-safe Timer NMI.

 

Action: Turn off the system and wait 30 seconds; then, turn it

 

back on. If event logging is enabled, POST logs this

 

event in nonvolatile flash memory. If the error

 

message recurs, have the system serviced.

 

 

0986

The Watchdog Timer caused a system reset.

 

Action: The system was automatically reset when the

 

watchdog timer set by the operating system device

 

driver expired, after a hardware or software failure. If

 

event logging is enabled, POST logs this event in

 

nonvolatile flash memory.

 

 

0987

A bus timeout NMI occurred in Slot n.

 

Action: Have the system serviced.

 

 

242PC Server 704 User's Handbook

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