POST Messages

 

 

 

 

Message

Possible Cause

Solution

 

 

 

 

 

DISKETTE READ

Hard/floppy disk failed or

Replace the diskette with

 

FAILURE, or NOT A

is not bootable.

a bootable diskette and

 

BOOT DISKETTE, or

 

retry.

 

NO BOOT DEVICE

 

 

 

AVAILABLE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DECREASING

The memory data

Check contact points

 

AVAILABLE

integrity failed.

between memory

 

MEMORY, or

 

modules and system

 

MEMORY FAILURE

 

board. Replace memory

 

AT AAAAAAAA

 

modules if necessary.

 

READ XXXX

 

 

 

EXPECTING YYYY

 

 

 

(where AAAAAAAA

 

 

 

= failing address,

 

 

 

XXXX=data read,

 

 

 

and YYYY=data

 

 

 

written)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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