System Beep Codes
If the message persists, reinstall your
operating system. See the
documentation that came with your
operating system.
No timer tick interrupt
A chip on the system board might
be malfunctioning.
Run the
System Board Devices
tests in
the
Dell Diagnostics
.
Non-system disk or disk error
The diskette in drive A or your hard-
disk drive does not have a bootable
operating system installed on it.
A nonbootable diskette is in drive A.
Either replace the diskette with one that
has a bootable operating system, or
remove the diskette from drive A and
restart the computer.
Not a boot diskette
There is no operating system on the
diskette.
Boot the computer with a diskette that
contains an operating system.
Plug and Play Configuration Error
The system has encountered a
problem in trying to configure one or
more expansion cards.
Turn your system off and unplug it.
Remove all but one of the cards. Plug in
your system and reboot it. If the message
persists, the expansion card may be
malfunctioning. If the message does not
appear, turn off the power and reinsert
one of the other cards. Repeat this
process until you identify the
malfunctioning card.
Read fault
Requested sector not found
The operating system cannot read
from the diskette or hard-disk drive.
The system could not find a
particular sector on the disk, or the
requested sector is defective.
See "
Troubleshooting Drives
."
Reset failed
The disk reset operation failed.
See "
Troubleshooting Drives
."
Sector not found
The operating system is unable to
locate a sector on the diskette or
hard-disk drive.
See "
Troubleshooting Drives
."
Seek error
The operating system is unable to
find a specific track on the diskette
or hard-disk drive.
If the error is on the diskette drive, try
another diskette in the drive.
Shutdown failure
A chip on the system board might
be malfunctioning.
Run the
System Board Devices
tests in
the
Dell Diagnostics
.
Time-of-day clock stopped
The battery may be dead.
Enter
System Setup
and correct the date
or time.
If the problem persists, see
"
Troubleshooting the Battery
."
Time-of-day not set
The time or date displayed in the
system configuration information
does not match the system clock.
Enter
System Setup
and correct the date
or time.
Timer chip counter 2 failed
A chip on the system board might
be malfunctioning.
Run the
System Board Devices
tests in
the
Dell Diagnostics
.
Unexpected interrupt in protected mode
The keyboard controller may be
malfunctioning, or one or more
DIMMs may be loose.
Run the
System Memory
and the
Keyboard
tests in the
Dell Diagnostics
.
WARNING: Dell's Disk Monitoring System has
detected that drive [0/1] on the
[primary/secondary] EIDE controller is
operating outside of normal
specifications. It is advisable to
immediately back up your data and replace
your hard-disk drive by calling your
support desk or Dell Computer Corporation.
Power-on self-test (POST) has
queried the enhanced integrated
drive electronics (EIDE) drive for
status information. The drive has
returned a parameter from the call
that indicates it has detected
possible error conditions for its
operating specifications.
Once your computer finishes booting,
immediately back up your data and
replace your hard-disk drive. Restore the
data to the replaced drive.
If a replacement drive is not immediately
available and the drive is not the only
bootable drive, enter
System Setup
and
change the appropriate drive setting to
None. Remove the drive from the system.
This should be done only after you have
backed up the data.
Write fault
Write fault on selected drive
The operating system cannot write
to the diskette or hard-disk drive.
See "
Troubleshooting Drives
."
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