Gateway E-420, Maintaining & Troubleshooting

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84 Maintaining and Troubleshooting Your E-4200 System
Diskette drive reset
failed. •
Enter BIOS Setup and verify the diskette
drive settings.
•
Check the diskette drive cables. Make
certain pin 1 on the cable aligns with pin 1
on the connector.
Diskette read failed -
strike
F
1
to retry restart.
•
Make certain the boot disk contains the
Command.com file.
•
Use the configuration utility (if applicable) to
verify your drive or controller configuration.
•
Press
F
1
to try the restart again.
Gate A20 failure. You may have an XT keyboard connected to
an AT system or vice versa. Make certain
the keyboard is configured to work with the
appropriate system. Some keyboards have
a switch to select either AT or XT.
Hard disk controller fail-
ure.
•
Make certain the hard disk cable is properly
connected.
•
Open the BIOS Setup program and verify
that the correct drive type is selected.
Hard disk controller fail-
ure - press
F
1
to try
restart.
•
The drive controller may be defective.
Press
F
1 to retry the restart.
•
Try running Fdisk and DOS Format. For
more information, refer to your DOS
documentation.
Insert bootable media
device. •
See “The IDE drive is not recognized by the
system.” on page 74.
•
See “The SCSI drive is not recognized by
the system.” on page 73.
•
Backup your files as soon as possible.
Insufficient disk space. •
Check the free space on the disk volume. If
the volume is full or almost full, remove
unnecessary files.
Invalid configuration infor-
mation… •
Enter BIOS Setup and verify the parameter
values.
Error Message Solutions