Troubleshooting and Repair 5-7
Informational Messages
This section lists the messages that provide information to the user but require no action.
Table 5-3 BIOS Informational Messages
Message
Meaning
NCH Base Memory
The amount of base memory that tested successfully.
NCH Extended
The amount of extended memory that tested
successfully.
Memory tests terminated by
keystroke
The message indicate that a user pressed the
spacebar while memory tests were running and
stopped the memory tests.
Press the
F1
key to continue
This message indicates that an error was found during
POST. Pressing the
F1
key allows the system to
attempt to reboot.
Beginning memory test Press
the
SPACEBAR
to terminate the
memory test
A user can stop the memory tests by pressing the
spacebar.
Press the
F1
key to continue,
F2
to run the Setup utility
This message indicates that an error was found during
POST. Pressing the
F1
key allows the system to
attempt to boot. Press
F2
allows users to run the
ROM-based SETUP utility to correct configuration
information.