Bios error messages – Acer Altos G530 Series User Manual

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BIOS error messages

When a recoverable error occurs during POST, BIOS will display an error
message describing the problem.

The following table defines the error messages that may be displayed

if the system BIOS detects an error during POST.

Error message

Description

Memory BIOS messages

Gate20 error

An error occurred with Gate A20 when
switching to protected mode during the
memory test.

Multi-Bit ECC Error

A multiple bit corruption of memory has
occurred, and the ECC memory algorithm
cannot correct it.

Parity Error

Fatal Memory Parity Error.

Boot BIOS messages

Boot Failure

Could not boot from a particular device .

Invalid Boot Diskette

A diskette was found in the diskette drive,
but is not configured as a bootable
diskette.

Drive Not Ready

Corresponding drive is not ready for data
transfer.

A: Drive Error

No response from diskette drive.

Insert BOOT diskette in A:

Could not find a proper boot diskette in
drive A.

Reboot and Select proper Boot
device or Insert Boot Media in
selected Boot device.

Could not find a bootable device in the
system and/or removable media drive
does not contain media.

NO ROM BASIC

No bootable device was detected.

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