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System Board Devices, SETUP or F1

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Table C-2. System Messages (continued) Message Possible Cause Corrective Action Press key to enter SETUP or F1 key to Continue... A system configuration error is detected, or the hardware configuration does not match the system setup program configuration data. Check the system setup program settings. See Appendix B, "System Setup Program." Press to turn off NMI, or any key to reboot A non-maskable interrupt (NMI) has occurred. Press carat (^) to reject the NMI error, or press any other key to restart the system. RAM Parity Error One or more DIMMs may be faulty or improperly seated. See "System Memory" and "Reseating DIMMs" in Chapter 5. Real Time Clock Error A real-time clock error has occurred. Run the System Board Devices tests as described in "Running the Dell Diagnostics" in Chapter 3. System Management Memory Bad System management memory may be faulty. See "System Memory" in Chapter 5. System Resource Conflict Some system resources conflict with the resources required by a PCI device. See "Resolving Software and Hardware Incompatibilities" in Chapter 4. NOTE: The Glossary in the system Help defines abbreviations and acronyms. support.dell.com Beep Codes and System Messages C-5

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support.dell.com
Beep Codes and System Messages
C-5
Press <Del>
key to enter
SETUP or F1
key to
Continue...
A system configuration
error is detected, or the
hardware configuration
does not match the
system setup program
configuration data.
Check the system setup program
settings. See Appendix B,
Sys-
tem Setup Program.
Press <Del>
to turn off
NMI, or any
key to reboot
A non-maskable interrupt
(NMI) has occurred.
Press carat (
^)
to reject the NMI
error, or press any other key to
restart the system.
RAM Parity
Error
One or more DIMMs
may be faulty or improp-
erly seated.
See
System Memory
and
Reseating DIMMs
in
Chapter 5.
Real Time
Clock Error
A real-time clock error
has occurred.
Run the
System Board Devices
tests as described in
Running
the Dell Diagnostics
in
Chapter 3.
System
Management
Memory Bad
System management
memory may be faulty.
See
System Memory
in
Chapter 5.
System
Resource
Conflict
Some system resources
conflict with the
resources required by a
PCI device.
See
Resolving Software and
Hardware Incompatibilities
in
Chapter 4.
Table C-2.
System Messages
(continued)
Message
Possible Cause
Corrective Action
NOTE: The Glossary in the system Help defines abbreviations and acronyms.