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Troubleshooting
F RONT U S B CABLE CONNECTION F AILURE — The USB cable that connects the
USB ports on the front I/O panel to the system board may be loose.
H ARD - DISK DRIVE FAILURE — Possible hard disk drive failure during hard drive
power-on self-test (POST). Check cables /swap hard disks or see "Contacting Dell"
on page 57 for assistance.
H ARD - DISK DRIVE READ FAILURE — Possible hard drive failure during hard drive
boot test (see "Contacting Dell" on page 57 for assistance).
K
EYBOARD FAILURE
— Keyboard failure or keyboard cable loose.
N
O BOOT DEVICE AVAILABLE
— No bootable partition on hard drive or no
bootable media in the optical drive, or hard drive/optical drive cable is loose, or no
bootable device exists.
• If the optical drive is your boot device, ensure that a bootable media is in the
drive.
• If the hard drive is your boot device, ensure that the cables are connected and
that the drive is installed properly and partitioned as a boot device.
• Enter system setup and ensure that the boot sequence information is correct.
N O TIMER TICK INTERRUPT — A chip on the system board might be
malfunctioning or system board failure.
N O T I C E - H ARD D RIVE S E L F M O N I T O R I N G S Y S T E M HAS REPORTED THAT A
PARAMETER HAS EXCEEDED ITS NORMAL OPERATING RANGE . D ELL
RECOMMENDS THAT YOU BACK UP YOUR DATA REGULARLY . A PARAMETER OUT
OF RANGE MAY OR MAY NOT INDICATE A POTENTIAL HARD DRIVE PROBLEM . —
Self monitoring, analysis, and reporting technology (S.M.A.R.T.) error. Possible
hard drive failure. This feature can be enabled or disabled in basic input/output
system (BIOS) setup.
T
OP
U S B
CABLE CONNECTION FAILURE
— The USB cable that connects the USB
ports on the top USB tray to the system board may be loose.
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