Miscellaneous error messages – Lenovo J SERIES 3000 User Manual

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POST Error Message

Description/Action

CPU at nnnn

nnnn is the running speed of the microprocessor.

Press Esc to skip memory test

Pressing Esc skips the full memory test

HARD DISK INSTALL FAILURE

Cannot find or initialize the hard disk drive controller or
the drive.

Make sure the hard disk drive is correctly installed.

If no hard disk drives are installed, make sure the hard
disk drive selection in Setup is set to NONE.

Keyboard error or no keyboard present

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 the error halt condition in Setup to HALT ON ALL, BUT
KEYBOARD. The BIOS then ignores the missing keyboard
during POST.

Memory Test:

This message displays during a full memory test, counting
down the memory areas being tested.

Memory test fail

If POST detects an error during memory testing, additional
information appears. This information gives specifics
about the type and location of the memory error.

Press TAB to show POST screen

Pressing the TAB key permits the user to toggle between
the default POST display screen and a custom POST
display screen.

Error: Non-System disk or disk error Replace and press
any key when ready

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.

Miscellaneous error messages

Message/Symptom

FRU/Action

Changing display colors

Display/Monitor

Computer will not power-off. See “Hard disk drive boot
error” on page 45
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1. Power Switch

2. System Board

3. Riser card, if installed

Computer will not RPL from server

1. Ensure that network is in startup sequence as first

device or first device after diskette

2. Ensure that network adapter is enabled for RPL

3. Network adapter (Advise network administrator of new

MAC address)

Chapter 7

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Symptom-to-FRU Index

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