System Resources

Award POST Code

Award BIOS Error Message and Check Point (POST code) List (Need to be modified, TBD)

Error/Process Message.

#

Short Name

Description

Possible FRUS

 

 

 

 

1

CMOS

Checksum of CMOS is incorrect, so the

System board

 

checksum error

system loads the default equipment

 

 

- Defaults

configuration. A checksum error may

 

 

loaded

indicate that CMOS has become corrupt.

 

 

 

This error may have been caused by a

 

 

 

weak battery. Check the battery and

 

 

 

replace if necessary.

 

2

CPU at nnnn

Displays the running speed of the CPU.

processor

 

 

 

 

3

Press ESC to

The user may press Esc to skip the full

System board

 

skip memory

memory test.

 

 

test

 

 

4

Floppy disk(s)

Cannot find or initialize the floppy drive

system board

 

fail

controller or the drive. Make sure the

 

 

 

controller is installed correctly. If no floppy

 

 

 

drives are installed, be sure the Diskette

 

 

 

Drive selection in Setup is set to NONE or

 

 

 

AUTO.

 

5

HARD DISK

Some hard drives require extra time to

System board

 

initializing

initialize.

 

 

Please wait a

 

 

 

moment

 

 

6

HARD DISK

Cannot find or initialize the hard drive controller

System board

 

INSTALL

or the drive. Make sure the controller is

 

 

FAILURE

installed correctly. If no hard drives are

 

 

 

installed, be sure the Hard Drive selection in

 

 

 

Setup is set to NONE.

 

 

 

 

 

7

Keyboard error

Cannot initialize the keyboard. Make sure

System board

 

or no keyboard

the keyboard is attached correctly and no

 

 

present

keys are pressed during POST. To

 

 

 

purposely configure the system without a

 

 

 

keyboard, set the error halt condition in

 

 

 

Setup to HALT ON ALL, BUT KEYBOARD.

 

 

 

The BIOS then ignores the missing

 

 

 

keyboard during POST.

 

8

Memory Test:

This message displays during a full

DIMM

 

 

memory test, counting down the memory

System board

 

 

areas being tested.

 

4-5

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MSI FUZZY 945GME1, FUZZY 945GM1 manual Award Post Code, ∙ Error/Process Message