Chapter 4
Maintenance
Chapter 4
Maintenance
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4-6
Troubleshooting
If you think the system may be faulty, check the
explanation in this sections. Contact your Sony service
representative and take the indicated steps if you find a
description of the problem.
4-6-1 Error Messages
Various types of error messages are displayed to alert
you to errors in the Digital Media Workstation. This
section explains the types of error messages displayed
by the system.
Note
Before contacting your Sony service representative,
make a note of the code (0200 and so on) that appears
at the beginning of an error message, or of the error
message itself if no code appears. The service
representative will need this information to identify the
problem.
POST Error Messages
(Continued)
Error Message
Meaning
Cause/What to do
0200 Failure Fixed Disk
Hard disk error
1. Start BIOS setup utility [SETUP], and
check the setting.
2. Replace the hard disk.
3. Replace the mother board.
0210 Stuck Key
Keyboard connection error
1. Check the keyboard connection.
2. Replace the keyboard.
3. Replace the mother board.
0211 Keyboard error
Keyboard error
1. Check the keyboard connection.
2. Replace the keyboard.
3. Replace the mother board.
0212 Keyboard Controller Failed
Keyboard controller error
0230 System RAM Failed at offset
DIMM error
1. Replace the DIMM.
2. Replace the mother board.
0231 Shadow Ram Failure at offset
DIMM error
1. Replace the DIMM.
2. Replace the mother board.
0232 Extended RAM Failed at address
line
DIMM error
1. Replace the DIMM.
2. Replace the mother board.
0250 System battery is dead - Replace
and run SETUP
The RAM battery is exhausted.
0251 System CMOS checksum bad -
Default configuration used
CMOS checksum error
0260 System timer error
RTC error
0270 Real time clock error
RTC error
0271 Check date and time setting
RTC error
02B0 Diskette drive A error
Floppy disk error
1. Replace the floppy disk.
2. Replace the cable.
3. Replace the mother board.
The POST (Power On Self Test) program starts
automatically when you power the Digital Media
Workstation on. If an error is discovered during the
POST error messages
self tests, an error messages appears on the computer
monitor.
Following is a list of POST error messages.
1. Check the keyboard connection.
2. Replace the mother board.
Replace the mother board.
Start BIOS setup utility [SETUP] and
correct the setting.
Replace the mother board.
Replace the mother board.
1. Start BIOS setup utility [SETUP] and
correct the setting.
2. Replace the mother board.
