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Quick Reference Guide
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H
A R D
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D I S K R E A D F A I L U R E
—
Possible hard drive failure during hard-drive boot test
(see "Contacting Dell" in your User’s Guide for assistance).
K
E Y B O A R D F A I L U R E
— Keyboard failure or the keyboard cable is loose (see "Keyboard
Problems" in your User’s Guide ).
N
O B O O T D E V I C E A V A I L A B L E
—
The system cannot detect a bootable device or partition.
• If the floppy drive is your boot device, ensure that the cables are connected and that
a bootable floppy disk 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 the system setup program and ensure that the boot sequence information is
correct (see "Entering System Setup" in your User’s Guide ).
N
O T I M E R T I C K I N T E R R U P T
—
System board failure or a chip on the system board
might be malfunctioning (see "Contacting Dell" in your User’s Guide for assistance).
N
O N
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S YS T E M D I S K O R D I S K E R R O R
— Replace the floppy disk with one that has
a bootable operating system or remove the floppy disk from drive A and restart
the computer.
N
O T A B O O T D I S K E T T E
— Insert a bootable floppy disk and restart your computer.
N O T I C E - H
A R D
D
R I V E
S E L F M O N I T O R I N G S Y S T E M
H A S R E P O R T E D T H A T
A P A R A M E T E R H A S E X C E E D E D I T S N O R M A L O P E R A T I N G R A N G E
. D
E L L R E C O M M E N D S
T H A T Y O U B A C K U P Y O U R D A T A R E G U L A R L Y
. A
P A R A M E T E R O U T O F R A N G E M A Y O R
M A Y N O T I N D I C A T E A P O T E N T I A L H A R D D R I V E P R O B L E M
—
S.M.A.R.T error, possible
HDD failure. This feature can be enabled or disabled in BIOS setup.
Hardware Troubleshooter
If a device is either not detected during the operating system setup or is detected,
but incorrectly configured, you can use the Hardware Troubleshooter to resolve
the incompatibility.
Windows XP :
1 Click Start
→
Help and Support .
2 Type
hardware troubleshooter
in the search field and press
<Enter> to start the search.
3 In the Fix a Problem section, click Hardware Troubleshooter .
4 In the Hardware Troubleshooter list, select the option that best describes
the problem and click Next to follow the remaining troubleshooting steps.