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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 opera-
tion 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.
Terminator/
processor
card not
installed!
System HALTED!
System does not have
terminator card or
secondary processor. Terminator card or
secondary processor
improperly installed or
not installed.
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 settings 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 DIMMs
improperly seated. Improperly seated
DIMMs or faulty
keyboard/mouse
controller (defective sys-
tem board).
Table 3-2. System Error Messages (continued)
Message Definition Probable Causes