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Table 3-2. System Error Messages (continued) Message Definition Probable Causes Sector not found MS-DOS unable to Defective sectors on dis- locate sector on diskette kette or hard-disk drive. or hard-disk drive. Seek error MS-DOS unable to locate specific track on diskette or hard-disk drive. Defective diskette or hard-disk drive. Seek operation failed System could not find Faulty diskette or hardparticular address mark disk drive. on disk. Shutdown fail- System board chip ure faulty. Defective system board. Terminator/ processor card not installed! System HALTED! System does not have terminator or add-in card. Terminator or add-in card improperly installed, or no card installed. Time-of-day Backup battery low. clock stopped Defective battery or faulty chip (defective system board). Time-of-day not set Time or Date settings in System Setup program incorrect, or backup battery bad. Incorrect Time or Date settings, or defective backup battery. Timer chip counter 2 failed Timer circuit on system Defective system board. board malfunctioning. Unexpected interrupt in protected mode Keyboard/mouse controller malfunctioning, or one or more DIMMs improperly seated. Improperly seated DIMMs or faulty keyboard/mouse controller chip (defective system board). WarningThermal probes failed At system start-up, BIOS detected that one or both thermal probes are nonoperational. Defective system board. Beep Codes and Error Messages 3-9

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Beep Codes and Error Messages
3-9
Sector not
found
MS-DOS unable to
locate sector on diskette
or hard-disk drive.
Defective sectors on dis-
kette or hard-disk drive.
Seek error
MS-DOS unable to
locate specific track on
diskette or hard-disk
drive.
Defective diskette or
hard-disk drive.
Seek opera-
tion failed
System could not find
particular address mark
on disk.
Faulty diskette or hard-
disk drive.
Shutdown fail-
ure
System board chip
faulty.
Defective system board.
Terminator/
processor
card not
installed!
System HALTED!
System does not have
terminator or add-in
card.
Terminator or add-in
card improperly
installed, or no card
installed.
Time-of-day
clock stopped
Backup battery low.
Defective battery or
faulty chip (defective sys-
tem board).
Time-of-day
not set
Time or Date settings in
System Setup program
incorrect, or backup bat-
tery bad.
Incorrect Time or Date
settings, or defective
backup battery.
Timer chip
counter 2
failed
Timer circuit on system
board malfunctioning.
Defective system board.
Unexpected
interrupt in
protected mode
Keyboard/mouse con-
troller malfunctioning,
or one or more DIMMs
improperly seated.
Improperly seated
DIMMs or faulty key-
board/mouse controller
chip (defective system
board).
Warning-
Thermal
probes failed
At system start-up,
BIOS detected that one
or both thermal probes
are nonoperational.
Defective system board.
Table 3-2.
System Error Messages
(continued)
Message
Definition
Probable Causes