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Chapter 6. Symptom-to-FRU Index POST Error Message CMOS Date/Time Not Set CMOS Battery Low CMOS Checksum Bad Primary Master Hard Disk Error Primary Slave Hard Disk Error Secondary Master Hard Disk Error Secondary Slave 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 Phenix BIOS Setup. The CMOS battery is no longer functional. Replace the battery. 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 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. 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. 25

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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
Phenix BIOS Setup.
CMOS Battery Low
The CMOS battery is no longer
functional.
Replace the battery.
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.
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
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.