American Megatrends 28 series, User Manual

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Chapter 6 AMI BIOS
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Hard Disk Utility Errors Messages
Initialization Errors
These error messages can appear during the initialization
process.
Message Explanation
No Hard Disk Installed There is no hard disk drive in the system but
you tried to run the Hard Disk Utility.
FATAL ERROR Bad Hard
Disk No response from the hard disk, or the hard
disk is not repairable. Check all cable and
power connections to the hard disk.
Hard Disk Controller
Failure Error response from the reset command sent
to the hard disk controller. The controller may
not be seated properly in the expansion slot.
C: (D:) Hard Disk Failure The hard disk drive (C: or D:) is not responding
to commands. Check power and cable
connections to the hard disk.
Operation Errors
Message Explanation
Address Mark Not Found The address mark (initial address) on the hard
disk could not be found.
Attachment Failed to
Respond No response was received from the hard disk
drive. An operation has already begun and the
hard disk did not respond. It had responded
earlier.
Bad ECC on Disk Read When the hard disk drive utility writes to the
disk, it also calculates an ECC (Error
Correction Code) value for the data being
written. This ECC value is written to the drive
and then read back. The value read back is
different from the one calculated.
Bad Sector Flag Detected An operation was performed on a sector
flagged as bad.
Controller Has Failed A diagnostic command that failed was issued
to the controller.
Drive Not Ready An operation on the hard disk drive timed out.