Dell Vostro 460, Service Manual

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System Messages
If your computer has an issue or error, it may display a System Message that will help you identify the
cause and action needed to resolve the issue.
System Messages
NOTE: If the message received is not listed in the following examples, see the documentation for
either the operating system or the program that was running when the message appeared.
System Message Description
Alert! Previous attempts
at booting this system
have failed at checkpoint
[nnnn]. For help in
resolving this problem,
please note this
checkpoint and contact
Dell Technical Support
The computer failed to
complete the boot
routine three
consecutive times for
the same error
CMOS checksum error Possible motherboard
failure or RTC battery
low
CPU fan failure CPU fan has failed
System fan failure System fan has failed
Hard-disk drive failure Possible hard disk drive
failure during POST
Hard-disk drive read
failure
Possible hard disk drive
failure during HDD boot
test
Keyboard failure Keyboard failure or loose
cable. If reseating the
cable does not solve the
problem, replace the
keyboard
No boot device available No bootable partition on
hard disk drive, the hard
disk drive cable is loose,
or no bootable device
exists.
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
No timer tick interrupt A chip on the system
board might be