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Possible hard-disk failure during Power-on Self test - motherboard connections

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D I S K E T T E S U B S YS T E M R E S E T F A I L U R E - Possible floppy disk controller failure. D I S K E T T E R E A D F A I L U R E - The floppy disk may be defective or a cable may be loose. Replace the floppy disk/check for a loose cable connection. H A R D - D I S K R E A D F A I L U R E - Possible hard-disk failure during hard-disk boot test (see "Contacting Dell" on page 141 for assistance). H A R D - D I S K D R I V E F A I L U R E - Possible hard-disk failure during Power-on Self test (POST). Replace the hard-disk (see "Contacting Dell" on page 141 for assistance). K E Y B O A R D F A I L U R E - Keyboard failure or keyboard cable loose (see "Keyboard Problems" on page 105). N O B O O T D E V I C E A V A I L A B L E - The system cannot detect a bootable device or partition. • If the floppy drive is your boot device, ensure that the cables are connected and that a bootable floppy disk is in the drive. • If the hard drive is your boot device, ensure that the cables are connected and that the drive is installed properly and partitioned as a boot device. • Enter System Setup and ensure that the boot sequence information is correct (see "Entering System Setup" on page 77). N O T I M E R T I C K I N T E R R U P T - A chip on the system board might be malfunctioning or motherboard failure (see "Contacting Dell" on page 141 for assistance). N O N - S YS T E M D I S K O R D I S K E R R O R - Replace the floppy disk with one that has a bootable operating system or remove the floppy disk from drive A and restart the computer. N O T A B O O T D I S K E T T E - Insert a bootable floppy disk and restart your computer. U S B O V E R C U R R E N T E R R O R - Replace the USB device. NOTICE - HARD DRIVE SELF MONITORING SYSTEM HAS REPORTED THAT A PARAMETER HAS EXCEEDED ITS NORMAL OPERATING RANGE. DELL RECOMMENDS THAT YOU BACK UP YOUR DATA REGULARLY. A PARAMETER OUT OF RANGE MAY OR MAY NOT INDICATE A POTENTIAL HARD DRIVE PROBLEM. - S.M.A.R.T. error indicating a possible HDD failure. This feature can be enabled or disabled in the BIOS setup. 94 Troubleshooting Tools

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Troubleshooting Tools
D
ISKETTE
SUBSYSTEM
RESET
FAILURE
—
Possible floppy disk controller failure.
D
ISKETTE
READ
FAILURE
—
The floppy disk may be defective or a cable may be
loose. Replace the floppy disk/check for a loose cable connection.
H
ARD
-
DISK
READ
FAILURE
—
Possible hard-disk failure during hard-disk boot test
(see "Contacting Dell" on page 141 for assistance).
H
ARD
-
DISK
DRIVE
FAILURE
—
Possible hard-disk failure during Power-on Self test
(POST). Replace the hard-disk (see "Contacting Dell" on page 141 for assistance).
K
EYBOARD
FAILURE
—
Keyboard failure or keyboard cable loose (see "Keyboard
Problems" on page 105).
N
O
BOOT
DEVICE
AVAILABLE
—
The system cannot detect a bootable device or
partition.
• If the floppy drive is your boot device, ensure that the cables are connected and
that a bootable floppy disk is in the drive.
• If the hard drive is your boot device, ensure that the cables are connected and
that the drive is installed properly and partitioned as a boot device.
• Enter System Setup and ensure that the boot sequence information is correct
(see "Entering System Setup" on page 77).
N
O
TIMER
TICK
INTERRUPT
—
A chip on the system board might be
malfunctioning or motherboard failure (see "Contacting Dell" on page 141 for
assistance).
N
ON
-
SYSTEM
DISK
OR
DISK
ERROR
—
Replace the floppy disk with one that has
a bootable operating system or remove the floppy disk from drive A and restart the
computer.
N
OT
A
BOOT
DISKETTE
—
Insert a bootable floppy disk and restart your computer.
USB
OVER
CURRENT
ERROR
—
Replace the USB device.
NOTICE - H
ARD
D
RIVE
SELF
MONITORING
SYSTEM
HAS
REPORTED
THAT
A
PARAMETER
HAS
EXCEEDED
ITS
NORMAL
OPERATING
RANGE
. D
ELL
RECOMMENDS
THAT
YOU
BACK
UP
YOUR
DATA
REGULARLY
. A
PARAMETER
OUT
OF
RANGE
MAY
OR
MAY
NOT
INDICATE
A
POTENTIAL
HARD
DRIVE
PROBLEM
.—
S.M.A.R.T. error indicating a possible HDD failure. This feature can be enabled or
disabled in the BIOS setup.