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Messages and Codes: Dell™ OptiPlex™ GX300 System User's Guide

Overview

Your application programs, operating system, and the computer itself are capable of identifying problems and alerting you to them. When a

problem occurs, a message may appear on your monitor screen or a beep code may sound. See "

System Messages

" or "

System Beep Codes

"

for information about each message or beep code.

System Messages

If you receive a system message, see

Table 1

for suggestions on resolving any problems indicated by the message. The system messages are

listed alphabetically.

Table 1. System Messages

Overview

Warning Messages

System Messages

Diagnostics Messages

System Beep Codes

Diagnostic LEDs

NOTE: If the system message you received is not listed in the table, check the documentation for the application program that you were

running at the time the message appeared and/or the operating system documentation for an explanation of the message and a

recommended action.

Message

Cause

Action

Address mark not found

The BIOS found a faulty disk sector

or could not find a particular disk

sector.

See "

Troubleshooting Drives

."

Alert! Previous attempts at booting this

system have failed at checkpoint [

nnnn

].

For help in resolving this problem, please

note this checkpoint and contact Dell

Technical Support.

The system has failed to complete

the boot routine three consecutive

times for the same error.

See "

Getting Help

" for instructions on

obtaining technical assistance, and

report the checkpoint code (

nnnn

) to the

support technician.

Attachment failed to respond

The diskette drive or hard-disk drive

controller cannot send data to the

associated drive.

See "


."

Bad command or file name

The command you entered does not

exist or is not in the pathname you

specified.

Make sure you have spelled the

command correctly, placed spaces in the

proper location, and used the correct

pathname.

Bad error-correction code(ECC) on disk read

The diskette drive or hard-disk drive

controller detected an uncorrectable

read error.

See "


."

Controller has failed

The hard-disk drive or the

associated controller is defective.

See "


."

Data error

The diskette or hard-disk drive

cannot read the data.

Run the ScanDisk utility in the Microsoft

®

Windows

®

operating system to check

the file structure of the diskette or hard-

disk drive. See your operating system

documentation for more information.

If you are using another operating

system, run the appropriate utility to

check the file structure of the diskette or

hard-disk drive. See your operating

system documentation.

Decreasing available memory

One or more Rambus in-line

memory modules (RIMMs) may be

faulty or improperly seated.

See "

Troubleshooting System Memory

."

Diskette drive 0 seek failure

A cable may be loose, or the

system configuration information

See "


."

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