Dell PowerEdge 2500SC User Manual

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Reset failed

Improperly connected diskette/CD-
ROM, hard-disk drive, or power
cable

Check that the diskette drive/CD-ROM drive unit is seated
properly against the interposer board on the peripheral cage. See
"

Installing Drives

." Reinstall the hard-disk drive. Check the interface

cable and power cable connections to the backplane board. See
"

Installing Drives

."

ROM bad checksum = address

Expansion card improperly installed or
faulty

Reinstall the expansion cards. See "

Installing an Expansion Card

" in

"Installing System Board Options." If the problem persists, replace
the expansion card. See "

Removing an Expansion Card

" in

"Installing System Board Options." If the problem still persists,
replace the system board. See "

Getting Help

," for instructions on

obtaining technical assistance.

Sector not found

Defective sectors on diskette or hard-
disk drive

Replace the diskette or hard-disk drive. See "

Installing Drives

."

Seek error

Defective sectors on diskette or hard-
disk drive

Replace the diskette or hard-disk drive. See "

Installing Drives

."

Seek operation failed

Faulty diskette or hard-disk drive

Replace the diskette or hard-disk drive. See "

Installing Drives

."

Shutdown failure

Defective system board

Replace the system board. See "

Getting Help

," for instructions on

obtaining technical assistance.

System halted

System microprocessor is not a type
supported by Dell.

Replace the microprocessor with a type supported by Dell. See
"

Adding or Replacing a Microprocessor

" in "Installing System

Board Options."

System backplane cable error

Improperly attached interface cables

Check the primary and secondary SCSI interface cable connections
to the backplane board. See "

Troubleshooting Hard-Disk Drives

" in

"Troubleshooting Your System."

System backplane error

Improperly attached or missing
backplane

Check the interface cable connections to the backplane board. See
"

Troubleshooting Hard-Disk Drives

" in "Troubleshooting Your

System."

Time-of-day clock stopped

Defective battery or faulty chip
(defective system board)

Replace the system battery. See "

Replacing the System Battery

" in

"Installing System Board Options." If the problem persists, replace
the system board. See "

Getting Help

," for instructions on obtaining

technical assistance.

Time-of-day not set - please run
SETUP program

Incorrect Time or Date settings or
defective system battery

Check the Time and Date settings. See "Using the System Setup
Program," in the User's Guide for instructions. If the problem
persists, replace the system battery. See "

Replacing the System

Battery

" in "Installing System Board Options." If the problem still

persists, replace the system board. See "

Getting Help

," for

instructions on obtaining technical assistance.

Timer chip counter 2 failed

Defective system board

Replace the system board. See "

Getting Help

," for instructions on

obtaining technical assistance.

Unexpected interrupt in
protected mode

Improperly seated memory modules or
faulty keyboard/mouse controller chip
(defective system board)

Remove and reseat the memory modules. See "

Installing Memory

Modules

" in "Installing System Board Options." If the problem

persists, replace the memory modules. See "

Installing Memory

Modules

" in "Installing System Board Options." If the problem still

persists, see "

Getting Help

," for instructions on obtaining technical

assistance.

Unsupported CPU detected in
Socket n

Unsupported CPU speed detected!

Microprocessor not supported by
system

Install a correct version of the microprocessor in the specified
microprocessor socket. See "

Microprocessor Upgrades

" in

"Installing System Board Options." 

Unsupported CPU speed in CMOS

Microprocessor not supported by
BIOS

Upgrade the BIOS. See "Using the System Setup Program," in the
User's Guide for instructions. 

Unsupported DIMM installed in
the RAID DIMM slot!

RAID DIMM not supported by
system

Install a correct version of the RAID DIMM. See "

Activating the

Integrated RAID Controller

" in "Installing System Board Options."

Unsupported RAID key detected!

RAID hardware key not supported by
system

Install the RAID hardware key for your specific system. See
"

Activating the Integrated RAID Controller

" in "Installing System

Board Options."

Utility partition not available

<F10> key was pressed during
POST, but no utility partition exists on
the boot hard-disk drive

Create a utility partition on the boot hard-disk drive. See "Using the
Dell OpenManage Server Assistant CD" in your User's Guide.

Warning! Detected mode switch
from RAID to SCSI on the onboard
RAID channel. Data loss will
occur! Press Y to confirm the
change; press any other key to
cancel.

Type of controller has changed since
previous system boot

Back up information on the drives before changing the type of
controller used with the hard-disk drives.

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