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POST Error Message, Description/Action

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Chapter 6. Symptom-to-FRU Index POST Error Message CMOS Date/Time Not Set Fan Detect Error CMOS Checksum Bad Hard Disk Error Keyboard error System Halted Reboot and Select proper Boot device or Insert Boot Media in selected Boot device Description/Action The CMOS Date and/or Time are invalid. This error can be resolved by readjusting the system time in AMI BIOS Setup. The Fan is bad or stop rotation. Make sure the Fan device is working. Checksum of CMOS is incorrect. The computer loads the default configuration settings. This error might indicate that CMOS has become corrupt due to a weak CMOS battery. The SATA device configured as Primary Master could not be found or initialized. Make sure the hard drive is correctly installed. Cannot initialize the keyboard. Make sure the keyboard is properly connected to the computer and that no keys are held pressed during POST. To purposely configure the computer without a keyboard, set keyboardless operation in Setup to Enable. The BIOS then ignores the missing keyboard during POST. 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. 23

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Chapter 6. Symptom-to-FRU Index
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POST Error Message
Description/Action
CMOS Date/Time Not Set
The CMOS Date and/or Time are
invalid. This error can be resolved by
readjusting the system time in AMI
BIOS Setup.
Fan Detect Error
The Fan is bad or stop rotation.
Make sure the Fan device is working.
CMOS Checksum Bad
Checksum of CMOS is incorrect.
The computer loads the default
configuration settings. This error
might indicate that CMOS has
become corrupt due to a weak
CMOS battery.
Hard Disk Error
The SATA device configured as
Primary Master could not be found
or initialized. Make sure the hard
drive is correctly installed.
Keyboard error
Cannot initialize the
keyboard.
Make sure the keyboard is properly
connected to the computer and
that no keys are held pressed during
POST.
To purposely configure the
computer without a keyboard, set
keyboardless operation in Setup to
Enable. The BIOS then ignores the
missing keyboard during POST.
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.