Lenovo IdeaCentre A300 - Manual (Page 24)

Hardware Maintenance Manual
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POST Error Message Description/Action
Primary Master Hard Disk Error The IDE/ATAPI device configured
as Primary Master/Primary Slave/
Secondary Master/Secondary Slave
could not be found or initialized.
Make sure the hard drive is correctly
installed.
Primary Slave Hard Disk Error
Secondary Master Hard Disk Error
Secondary Slave Hard Disk Error
System Halted The system has been halted. A reset
or power cycle is required to reboot
the machine. This message appears
after a fatal error has been detected.
Reboot and Select proper Boot
device or Insert Boot Media in
selected Boot device The BIOS was unable to find a
suitable boot device.
Make sure the boot drive is properly
connected to the computer.
Make sure you have bootable
media.
Undetermined problems
If this computer has a parallel ATA hard disk drive, make sure that the hard
disk drive is jumpered as a master and the optical drive is jumpered as a
slave.
1. Power-off the computer.
2. Remove or disconnect the following components (if installed) one at a
time.
a. External devices (modem, printer, or mouse)
b. Any adapters
c. Memory modules
d. Extended video memory
e. External Cache
f. External Cache RAM
g. Hard disk drive
h. Diskette drive
3. Power-on the computer to re-test the system.
4. Repeat steps 1 through 3 until you find the failing device or adapter.
If all devices and adapters have been removed, and the problem
continues, replace the system board.