Dell OptiPlex E1 User Manual

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Keyboard data line failure

Keyboard stuck key failure

System cannot communicate with
keyboard. Indicates a fatal error.

Loose or improperly connected
keyboard cable connector, defective
keyboard, or defective keyboard/mouse
controller (defective system board).

Memory address line failure at

address, read value expecting

value

Memory data line failure at

address, read value expecting

value

Memory double word logic

failure at address, read value

expecting value

Memory odd/even logic failure

at address, read value

expecting value

Memory write/read failure at

address, read value expecting

value

During memory test,

value

read at

address

was incorrect.

Faulty or improperly seated DIMMs or
defective system board.

Memory allocation error

Software in use conflicts with operating
system, application, or utility.

Faulty application or utility.

No boot device available

System does not recognize diskette drive
or hard-disk drive from which it is trying
to boot.

Faulty diskette, diskette/tape drive
subsystem, hard-disk drive, hard-disk
drive subsystem; or no boot disk in drive
A.

No boot sector on hard-disk

drive

Configuration settings in System Setup
program incorrect, or operating system
corrupted.

Incorrect configuration settings in System
Setup program, or no operating system
on hard-disk drive.

No timer tick interrupt

Timer on system board malfunctioning.
Indicates a fatal error.

Defective system board.

Non-system disk or disk error

Diskette in drive A or hard-disk drive
does not have bootable operating system
installed on it.

Faulty diskette, diskette/tape drive
subsystem, or hard-disk drive
subsystem.

Not a boot diskette

No operating system on diskette.

No operating system on diskette.

Plug and Play Configuration

Error

System encountered problem in trying to
configure one or more expansion cards.

System resource conflict.

Read fault

Requested sector not found

MS-DOS® cannot read from diskette
or hard-disk drive.


System could not find particular sector
on disk, or requested sector defective.

Faulty diskette, diskette/tape drive
subsystem, or hard-disk drive subsystem
(defective system board).

Reset failed

Disk reset operation failed.

Improperly connected diskette/tape
drive, hard-disk drive interface cable, or
power cable.

Sector not found

MS-DOS unable to locate sector on
diskette or hard-disk drive.

Defective sectors on diskette or hard-
disk drive.

Seek error

MS-DOS unable to locate specific track
on diskette or hard-disk drive.

Defective diskette or hard-disk drive.

Seek operation failed

System could not find particular address
mark on disk.

Faulty diskette or hard-disk drive.

Shutdown failure

System board chip faulty. Indicates a
fatal error.

Defective system board.

Time-of-day clock stopped

System battery low.

Defective battery or faulty chip
(defective system board).

Time-of-day not set

Time or Date setting in System Setup
program incorrect, or system battery
bad.

Incorrect Time or Date settings, or
defective system battery.

Timer chip counter 2 failed

Timer circuit on system board

Defective system board.

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