Acer Altos G530 Series User Manual
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Error message
Description
Virus related BIOS message
BootSector Write !!
A software attempting to write to a
drive’s boot sector has been detected. This
is flagged as possible virus activity. This
message will only be displayed if Virus
Detection is enabled in the BIOS setup.
VIRUS: Continue (Y/N)?
A possible virus activity is detected. This
message will only be displayed if Virus
Detection is enabled in the BIOS setup.
System configuration BIOS message
DMA-2 Error
Error during read/write test of the
secondary DMA controller.
DMA Controller Error
Error during read/write test of the DMA
controller.
Checking NVRAM..Update
Failed
Unable to write to the NVRAM block. This
message appears when the FLASH part is
write-protected or if there is no FLASH
part (System uses a PROM or EPROM).
Microcode Error
Unable to find or load the CPU Microcode
Update to the CPU.
NVRAM Checksum Bad,
NVRAM Cleared
Error while validating the NVRAM data.
Resource Conflict
More than one system device is trying to
use the same non-shareable resources
(Memory or I/O).
NVRAM Ignored
The NVRAM data used to store plug-and-
play (PnP) data was not used for system
configuration in POST.
NVRAM Bad
The NVRAM data used to store
Plug’n’Play (PnP) data was not used for
system configuration in POST due to a
data error.