Dell Inspiron 530 User Manual
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Troubleshooting Tools
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N
O
BOOT
DEVICE
AVAILABLE
—
No bootable partition on HDD or Not a bootable
floppy in floppy driver, or HDD/Floppy cable loose, or No bootable device exists.
• If the floppy drive is your boot device, ensure that a bootable floppy disk is in
the drive.
• If the hard drive is your boot device, ensure that the cables are connected and
that the drive is installed properly and partitioned as a boot device.
• Enter system setup and ensure that the boot sequence information is correct
(see "Entering System Setup" on page 188).
N
O
TIMER
TICK
INTERRUPT
—
A chip on the system board might be
malfunctioning or motherboard failure (see "Contacting Dell" on page 202 for
assistance).
N
ON
-
SYSTEM
DISK
OR
DISK
ERROR
—
Replace the floppy disk with one that
has a bootable operating system or remove the floppy disk from drive A and restart
the computer.
N
OT
A
BOOT
DISKETTE
—
Insert a bootable floppy disk and restart your
computer.
U S B
OVER
CURRENT
ERROR
—
Disconnect the USB device. Use external power
source for the USB device.
N O T I C E - H
ARD
D
RIVE
S E L F M O N I T O R I N G S Y S T E M
HAS
REPORTED
THAT
A PARAMETER
HAS
EXCEEDED
ITS
NORMAL
OPERATING
RANGE
. D
ELL
RECOMMENDS
THAT
YOU
BACK
UP
YOUR
DATA
REGULARLY
. A
PARAMETER
OUT
OF
RANGE
MAY
OR
MAY
NOT
INDICATE
A
POTENTIAL
HARD
DRIVE
PROBLEM
. —
S.M.A.R.T error, possible HDD failure. This feature can be enabled or disabled in
BIOS setup.
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