| BIOS Messages (Continued) |
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Message | Description |
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Parity Check 1 nnnn* | A parity error was found in the system bus (Parity |
or | Check 1) or the I/O bus (Parity Check 2). BIOS |
Parity Check 2 nnnn* | attempts to locate and display the address on the |
| screen. If it cannot locate the address, it displays. |
Press <F1> to resume, <F2> to Setup | Displayed after any recoverable error message. |
Press <F2> to enter SETUP | Optional message displayed during POST. Can be |
| turned off in Setup. |
Previous boot incomplete - Default | Previous POST did not successfully complete. POST |
configuration used | loads default values and offers to run Setup. If the |
| failure was caused by incorrect values and they are not |
| corrected, the next boot will likely fail. On systems with |
| control of wait states, improper Setup settings can also |
| terminate POST and cause this error on the next boot. |
| Run Setup and verify that the |
| correct. This error is cleared the next time the system is |
| booted. |
Real time clock error* | Real time clock fails BIOS test. May require board |
| repair. |
Shadow Ram Failed at offset: nnnn* | Shadow RAM failed at offset nnnn of the 64K block at |
| which the error was detected. |
nnnn Shadow RAM Passed | Where nnnn is the amount of shadow RAM in kilobytes |
| successfully tested. |
System battery is dead - Replace and | The CMOS clock battery indicator shows the battery is |
run SETUP | dead. Replace the battery and run Setup to reconfigure |
| the system. |
System BIOS shadowed | The system BIOS is copied to shadow RAM. |
System cache error - Cache disabled* | The RAM cache failed the BIOS test and BIOS has |
| disabled the cache. |
System CMOS checksum bad - run | The system CMOS has been corrupted or incorrectly |
SETUP | modified, perhaps by an application program that |
| changes data stored in CMOS. Run Setup and |
| reconfigure the system either by getting the default |
| values or making your own selections. |
System RAM failed at offset: nnnn* | The system RAM failed at offset nnnn of the 64K block |
| at which the error was detected. |
nnnn System RAM Passed | Where nnnn is the amount of system RAM in kilobytes |
| successfully tested. |
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