Technical Reference Guide
Compaq Personal Computers
Changed – November 2000
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A.14 HARD DRIVE ERROR MESSAGES (19xx-xx)
Table A–13.
Hard Drive Error Messages
Table A-13.
Hard Drive Error Messages
Message
Probable Cause
Message
Probable Cause
19xx-01
Drive not installed
19xx-21
Got servo pulses second time but not first
19xx-02
Cartridge not installed
19xx-22
Never got to EOT after servo check
19xx-03
Tape motion error
19xx-23
Change line unset
19xx-04
Drive busy erro
19xx-24
Write-protect error
19xx-05
Track seek error
19xx-25
Unable to erase cartridge
19xx-06
Tape write-protect error
19xx-26
Cannot identify drive
19xx-07
Tape already Servo Written
19xx-27
Drive not compatible with controller
19xx-08
Unable to Servo Write
19xx-28
Format gap error
19xx-09
Unable to format
19xx-30
Exception bit not set
19xx-10
Format mode error
19xx-31
Unexpected drive status
19xx-11
Drive recalibration error
19xx-32
Device fault
19xx-12
Tape not Servo Written
19xx-33
Illegal command
19xx-13
Tape not formatted
19xx-34
No data detected
19xx-14
Drive time-out error
19xx-35
Power-on reset occurred
19xx-15
Sensor error flag
19xx-36
Failed to set FLEX format mode
19xx-16
Block locate (block ID) error
19xx-37
Failed to reset FLEX format mode
19xx-17
Soft error limit exceeded
19xx-38
Data mismatch on directory track
19xx-18
Hard error limit exceeded
19xx-39
Data mismatch on track 0
19xx-19
Write (probably ID ) error
19xx-40
Failed self-test
19xx-20
NEC fatal error
19xx-91
Power lost during test
1900-xx = Tape ID test failed
1904-xx = Tape BOT/EOT test failed
1901-xx = Tape servo write failed
1905-xx = Tape read test failed
1902-xx = Tape format failed
1906-xx = Tape R/W compare test failed
1903-xx = Tape drive sensor test failed
1907-xx = Tape write-protect failed
A.15 VIDEO (GRAPHICS) ERROR MESSAGES (24xx-xx)
Table A–14.
Video (Graphics) Error Messages
Table A-14.
Video (Graphics) Error Messages
Message
Probable Cause
Message
Probable Cause
2402-01
Video memory test failed
2418-02
EGA shadow RAM test failed
2403-01
Video attribute test failed
2419-01
EGA ROM checksum test failed
2404-01
Video character set test failed
2420-01
EGA attribute test failed
2405-01
80x25 mode, 9x14 cell test failed
2421-01
640x200 mode test failed
2406-01
80x25 mode, 8x8 cell test failed
2422-01
640x350 16-color set test failed
2407-01
40x25 mode test failed
2423-01
640x350 64-color set test failed
2408-01
320x200 mode color set 0 test failed
2424-01
EGA Mono. text mode test failed
2409-01
320x200 mode color set 1 test failed
2425-01
EGA Mono. graphics mode test failed
2410-01
640x200 mode test failed
2431-01
640x480 graphics mode test failed
2411-01
Screen memory page test failed
2432-01
320x200 256-color set test failed
2412-01
Gray scale test failed
2448-01
Advanced VGA controller test failed
2414-01
White screen test failed
2451-01
132-column AVGA test failed
2416-01
Noise pattern test failed
2456-01
AVGA 256-color test failed
2417-01
Lightpen text test failed, no response
2458-xx
AVGA BitBLT test failed
2417-02
Lightpen text test failed, invalid response
2468-xx
AVGA DAC test failed
2417-03
Lightpen graphics test failed, no resp.
2477-xx
AVGA data path test failed
2417-04
Lightpen graphics tst failed, invalid resp.
2478-xx
AVGA BitBLT test failed
2418-01
EGA memory test failed
2480-xx
AVGA linedraw test failed