Beep Codes and Error Messages
3-9
Seek error
MS-DOS unable to
locate specific track on
diskette or hard-disk
drive.
Defective diskette or
hard-disk drive.
Seek operation
failed
System could not find
particular address mark
on disk.
Faulty diskette or hard-
disk drive.
Shutdown failure
System board chip
faulty.
Defective system board.
Time-of-day
clock stopped
System battery low.
Defective battery or
faulty chip (defective sys-
tem board).
Time-of-day not
set
Time or date setting in
System Setup program
incorrect, or system bat-
tery bad.
Incorrect
TIME
or
DATE
settings, or defective sys-
tem battery.
Timer chip
counter 2 failed
Timer circuit on system
board malfunctioning.
Defective system board.
Unexpected
interrupt in
protected mode
Keyboard/mouse con-
troller malfunctioning,
or one or more SIMMs
improperly seated.
Improperly seated
SIMMs or faulty key-
board/mouse controller
chip (defective system
board).
Table 3-2. System Error Messages
(Continued)
Message
Definition
Probable Causes
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