Dell PowerEdge 850 User Manual

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or optical drive interface
cable, or loose power cable.

"

Troubleshooting an Optical Drive

" in "Troubleshooting Your System."

Diskette read failure

Faulty or improperly inserted
diskette.

Replace the diskette.

Diskette subsystem reset failed

Faulty diskette drive or
optical drive controller.

Ensure that the diskette drive and optical drive cables are properly connected.
See "

Troubleshooting a Diskette Drive

" and "

Troubleshooting an Optical Drive

"

in "Troubleshooting Your System." If the problem persists, see "

Getting Help

."

Drive not ready

Diskette missing or
improperly inserted in
diskette drive.

Reinsert or replace the diskette.

Dual rank DIMMs are not supported in the

following memory sockets in this memory

configuration.

Invalid memory configuration. Correct the memory configuration. See "

General Memory Module Installation

Guidelines

" in "Installing System Components."

Error: Incorrect memory configuration.

Ensure memory in slots DIMM1_A and

DIMM1_B, DIMM2_A and DIMM2_B match

identically in size, speed, and rank.

An unmatched pair of memory
modules is installed.

Install a matched pair of memory modules, or remove the memory module in
socket DIMM1_B. See "

General Memory Module Installation Guidelines

" in

"Installing System Components."

Error: Remote Access Card initialization

failure.

Faulty or improperly installed
RAC.

Ensure that the RAC is properly installed. See "

Troubleshooting Expansion

Cards

" in "Troubleshooting Your System," or "

Installing a RAC Card

" in

"Installing System Components."

 

Error 8602: Auxiliary device failure.

Verify that the keyboard and mouse are

securely attached to correct connectors.

Loose or improperly
connected mouse or
keyboard cable; faulty mouse
or keyboard.

Replace the mouse. If the problem persists, replace the keyboard.

Gate A20 failure

Faulty keyboard controller
(faulty system board).

See "

Getting Help

."

General failure

Operating system corrupted
or improperly installed.

Reinstall the operating system.

IDE Primary drive 1 not found

Improperly connected or
missing optical drive or tape
backup unit.

Ensure that the drive cables are properly connected. See "

Troubleshooting

Your System

" for the appropriate drive installed in your system.

If no drive is installed, disable the IDE controller. See "Using the System Setup
Program" in your User's Guide.

Keyboard controller failure

Faulty keyboard controller
(faulty system board).

See "

Getting Help

"

Keyboard data line failure

Keyboard failure

Keyboard stuck key failure

Loose or improperly
connected keyboard cable;
faulty keyboard; faulty
keyboard controller.

Ensure that the keyboard is properly connected. If the problem persists,
replace the keyboard. If the problem persists, see "

Getting Help

."

 

Keyboard fuse has failed.

Keyboard fuse has failed.

Replace the keyboard.

Faulty system board. See "

Getting Help

."

Manufacturing mode detected

System is incorrectly
configured.

After the message appears during system boot, press <Alt><F> to turn off
manufacturing mode.

Memory address 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 start

address to end address

Memory write/read failure at address,

read value expecting value

Faulty or improperly installed
memory modules, or faulty
system board.

Ensure that all memory modules are properly installed. See "

Troubleshooting

System Memory

" in "Troubleshooting Your System." If the problem persists, see

"

Getting Help

."

Memory tests terminated by keystroke

The spacebar was pressed
during POST to terminate the
memory test.

Information only.

No boot device available

Faulty or missing diskette
drive, optical drive, or hard
drive.

 

Check the Integrated Devices configuration settings in the System Setup
program. See "Using the System Setup Program" in your User's Guide. Ensure
that either SATA Controller, Diskette Controller, or IDE Controller is enabled.
If the system is booting from a SCSI controller, ensure that the controller is
properly connected. If the problem persists, replace the drive. See "

Installing

Drives

."

No boot sector on hard-disk drive

An operating system is not
on the hard drive.

Check the hard-drive configuration settings in the System Setup program. See
"Using the System Setup Program" in your User's Guide.

No timer tick interrupt

Faulty system board.

See "

Getting Help

."

Not a boot diskette

Not a bootable diskette.

Use a bootable diskette.

PCI BIOS failed to install

Loose cables to expansion
card(s); faulty or improperly
installed expansion card.

Ensure that all appropriate cables are securely connected to the expansion
cards. See "

Troubleshooting Expansion Cards

" in "Troubleshooting Your

System."

PCIe Degraded Link Width Error: Embedded

Bus#nn/Dev#nn/Funcn

Expected Link Width is n

Faulty or improperly installed
PCIe card.

Reseat the PCIe cards. See "

Expansion Cards

." If the problem persists, see

"

Getting Help

."

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