American Megatrends 87 Series, User Manual

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Chapter 5 AMIBIOS Setup
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Hard Disk Utility Error Messages,
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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 from the hard disk drive.
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 issued to the controller failed.
Drive Not Ready An operation on the hard disk drive timed out. The hard
disk drive utility waited beyond a preset specified time
limit.
Drive Parameter
Activity Failed A reset command was sent to the controller followed by
drive parameters. Using these parameters, the controller
did not get a response from the hard disk. Make sure the
drive type is correct.
ECC Corrected Data
Error The ECC value read from the disk is not the same value
which was written to the disk. The data is not correct. An
attempt was made to correct the data, but the ECC value is
not corrected.
Requested Sector Not
Found The requested sector could not be found.
Reset Failed The reset command did not properly reset the hard disk.
Seek Operation Failed A seek command failed. A seek operation is the act of
finding a particular sector on the hard disk.
Undefined Error -
Command Aborted An unidentifiable error condition occurred.
Write Fault on
Selected Drive A write fault occurred during the write operation on the
hard disk drive.