Lenovo IdeaCentre A300 IdeaCentre A300 Hardware Maintenance Manual - Page 24

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Hardware Maintenance Manual POST Error Message Primary Master Hard Disk Error Primary Slave Hard Disk Error Secondary Master Hard Disk Error Secondary Slave Hard Disk Error System Halted Reboot and Select proper Boot device or Insert Boot Media in selected Boot device Description/Action The IDE/ATAPI device configured as Primary Master/Primary Slave/ Secondary Master/Secondary Slave could not be found or initialized. Make sure the hard drive is correctly installed. The system has been halted. A reset or power cycle is required to reboot the machine. This message appears after a fatal error has been detected. The BIOS was unable to find a suitable boot device. Make sure the boot drive is properly connected to the computer. Make sure you have bootable media. Undetermined problems If this computer has a parallel ATA hard disk drive, make sure that the hard disk drive is jumpered as a master and the optical drive is jumpered as a slave. 1. Power-off the computer. 2. Remove or disconnect the following components (if installed) one at a time. a. External devices (modem, printer, or mouse) b. Any adapters c. Memory modules d. Extended video memory e. External Cache f. External Cache RAM g. Hard disk drive h. Diskette drive 3. Power-on the computer to re-test the system. 4. Repeat steps 1 through 3 until you find the failing device or adapter. If all devices and adapters have been removed, and the problem continues, replace the system board. 22

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Hardware Maintenance Manual
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POST Error Message
Description/Action
Primary Master Hard Disk Error
The IDE/ATAPI device configured
as Primary Master/Primary Slave/
Secondary Master/Secondary Slave
could not be found or initialized.
Make sure the hard drive is correctly
installed.
Primary Slave Hard Disk Error
Secondary Master Hard Disk Error
Secondary Slave Hard Disk Error
System Halted
The system has been halted. A reset
or power cycle is required to reboot
the machine. This message appears
after a fatal error has been detected.
Reboot and Select proper Boot
device or Insert Boot Media in
selected Boot device
The BIOS was unable to find a
suitable boot device.
Make sure the boot drive is properly
connected to the computer.
Make sure you have bootable
media.
Undetermined problems
If this computer has a parallel ATA hard disk drive, make sure that the hard
disk drive is jumpered as a master and the optical drive is jumpered as a
slave.
1. Power-off the computer.
2. Remove or disconnect the following components (if installed) one at a
time.
a. External devices (modem, printer, or mouse)
b. Any adapters
c. Memory modules
d. Extended video memory
e. External Cache
f. External Cache RAM
g. Hard disk drive
h. Diskette drive
3. Power-on the computer to re-test the system.
4. Repeat steps 1 through 3 until you find the failing device or adapter.
If all devices and adapters have been removed, and the problem
continues, replace the system board.