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Upon encountering the following error conditions, the System BIOS tries to display a
message to the console, then halts:
1. Fixed disk errors
•
No drive connected
•
Configured for 0 cylinders
•
Controller reset failed
•
Drive not ready
•
Track 0 seek timed out
•
Drive initialization failed
•
Drive recalibration failed
•
Last track seek failed
2. Video error
•
Color/Mono switch not set correctly
3. Timer error
•
System timer (0) failed
4. Diskette error
•
Floppy type does not match setup
5. I/O chip error
•
I/O conflicts exist for serial and parallel ports, floppy, hard disk (any or all)
6. Other error
•
IRQ conflict, unsupported COM port configuration, keyboard locked
•
Pentium cooling fan has failed
•
The System BIOS
prints
an error message
but does not halt
when it encounters
the following error conditions:
•
Configuration error
•
Previous POST execution was incomplete
•
User BIOS Extension Region X exceeds DFFFFh
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Error Messages
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