System beep codes – Dell PowerEdge 750 User Manual

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ROM bad checksum =

address

 

Faulty or improperly installed

expansion card.

 

Remove and reseat the expansion cards. See "

Troubleshooting Expansion Cards

," in

"Troubleshooting Your System."

 

SATA port n hard disk

drive auto-sensing error

 

SATA port n hard disk

drive configuration error

 

SATA port n hard disk

drive failure

 

Faulty or improperly installed

hard drive.

 

Ensure that the hard drive cables are properly connected. See "

Troubleshooting a SATA Hard

Drive

."

 

SATA port n hard drive

not found

 

Incorrect configuration

settings in the System Setup
program. The drive is set as
Auto without a disk installed.

 

Run the System Setup program to correct the settings. See "Using the System Setup Program"

in your User's Guide.

 

Sector not found

 

Seek error

 

Seek operation failed

 

Faulty diskette or hard drive.  Replace the diskette. If the problem persists, see "

Troubleshooting a SATA Hard Drive

," or

"

Troubleshooting a SCSI Hard Drive

," in "Troubleshooting Your System" for the appropriate

drive installed in your system.

 

Shutdown failure

 

Shutdown test failure.

 

Ensure that all memory modules are properly installed. See "

Troubleshooting System Memory

,"

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

Troubleshooting the System

Board

."

 

Time-of-day clock stopped

 

Faulty battery; faulty system

board.

 

See "

Troubleshooting the System Battery

" in "Troubleshooting Your System." If the problem

persists, see "

Troubleshooting the System Board

."

 

Time-of-day not set -

please run SETUP program

 

Incorrect Time or Date

settings; faulty system
battery.

 

Check the Time and Date settings See "Using the System Setup Program" in your User's Guide.

If the problem persists, see "

Troubleshooting the System Battery

" in "Troubleshooting Your

System."

 

Timer chip counter 2

failed

 

Faulty system board.

 

See "

Getting Help

."

 

Unexpected interrupt in

protected mode

 

Faulty or improperly installed

memory modules or faulty
system board.

 

Ensure that all memory modules are properly installed. See "

Memory Module Installation

Guidelines

" in "Installing System Components." If the problem persists, see "

Troubleshooting

System Memory

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

"

Troubleshooting the System Board

."

 

Unsupported CPU stepping

detected

 

Processor is not supported

by the system.

 

Check for a BIOS update. If the problem persists, install a supported processor. See

"

Processor

."

 

Utility partition not

available

 

<F10> key was pressed

during POST, but no utility
partition exists on the boot
hard drive.

 

Create a utility partition on the boot hard drive. See "Using the Dell OpenManage Server

Assistant CD" in your User's Guide.

 

Warning! Firmware is out-

of-date

 

Firmware is out-of-date.

 

Update the firmware. See "

Getting Help

."

 

Warning! No microcode

update loaded for

processor

 

New or unsupported

processor.

 

Update the BIOS firmware. See "

Getting Help

."

 

Write fault

 

Write fault on selected

drive

 

Faulty diskette, diskette

drive, CD drive, hard drive.

 

Replace the diskette. Ensure that the diskette, CD, and hard drive cables are properly

connected. See "

Troubleshooting the Diskette Drive

," "

Troubleshooting the CD Drive

,"

"

Troubleshooting a SATA Hard Drive

," or "

Troubleshooting a SCSI Hard Drive

," in

"Troubleshooting Your System" for the appropriate drive(s) installed in your system.

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