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Plug & Play Configuration, Remote Configuration - bios update

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Table 1-6. System Messages (continued) Message Causes Plug & Play Configuration Error encountered in initializing Error PCI device; faulty system board. Primary drive n configuration error Primary drive 1 failure Faulty hard-disk drive. Read fault Requested sector not found Faulty diskette, diskette drive, optical drive, or hard drive. Remote Configuration update attempt failed ROM bad checksum = address System could not implement Remote Configuration request. Faulty or improperly installed expansion card. SATA Port n hard disk Faulty SATA hard drive. drive configuration error SATA Port n hard disk drive failure SATA Port n hard disk drive auto-sensing error Corrective Actions Install the NVRAM_CLR jumper and reboot the system. See Figure 6-1 for jumper location. Check for a BIOS update. If the problem persists, see "Troubleshooting Expansion Cards" on page 108. If the problem persists, see "Getting Help" on page 121. Replace the hard-disk drive. See "Troubleshooting SATA Hard Drives" on page 105 or "Troubleshooting a SAS RAID Controller" on page 107 in for the appropriate drive(s) installed in your system. Replace the diskette. Ensure that the diskette, optical, and hard-drive cables are properly connected. See "Troubleshooting a Diskette Drive" on page 101, "Troubleshooting an Optical Drive" on page 102, "Troubleshooting SATA Hard Drives" on page 105," or "Troubleshooting a SAS RAID Controller" on page 107" for the appropriate drive(s) installed in your system. Retry Remote Configuration. Remove and reseat the expansion cards. See "Troubleshooting Expansion Cards" on page 108. Replace the hard-disk drive. See "Troubleshooting SATA Hard Drives" on page 105 for the appropriate drive(s) installed in your system. About Your System 23

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About Your System
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Plug & Play Configuration
Error
Error encountered in initializing
PCI device; faulty system board.
Install the NVRAM_CLR jumper and
reboot the system. See Figure 6-1 for
jumper location. Check for a BIOS
update. If the problem persists, see
"Troubleshooting Expansion Cards"
on page 108. If the problem persists,
see "Getting Help" on page 121.
Primary drive
n
configuration error
Primary drive 1 failure
Faulty hard-disk drive.
Replace the hard-disk drive. See
"Troubleshooting SATA Hard Drives"
on page 105 or "Troubleshooting a
SAS RAID Controller" on page 107 in
for the appropriate drive(s) installed
in your system.
Read fault
Requested sector not
found
Faulty diskette, diskette drive,
optical drive, or hard drive.
Replace the diskette. Ensure that the
diskette, optical, and hard-drive cables
are properly connected. See
"Troubleshooting a Diskette Drive" on
page 101, "Troubleshooting an Optical
Drive" on page 102, "Troubleshooting
SATA Hard Drives" on page 105," or
"Troubleshooting a SAS RAID
Controller" on page 107" for the
appropriate drive(s) installed in your
system.
Remote Configuration
update attempt failed
System could not implement
Remote Configuration request.
Retry Remote Configuration.
ROM bad checksum =
address
Faulty or improperly installed
expansion card.
Remove and reseat the expansion
cards. See "Troubleshooting
Expansion Cards" on page 108.
SATA Port
n
hard disk
drive configuration error
SATA Port
n
hard disk
drive failure
SATA Port
n
hard disk
drive auto-sensing error
Faulty SATA hard drive.
Replace the hard-disk drive. See
"Troubleshooting SATA Hard Drives"
on page 105 for the appropriate
drive(s) installed in your system.
Table 1-6.
System Messages
(continued)
Message
Causes
Corrective Actions