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About Your System
Timer chip counter 2
failed
Faulty system board.
See "Getting Help" on page 147.
Unsupported CPU
combination
Microprocessor(s) is not supported by
the system.
Install a supported microprocessor or
microprocessor combination. See
"Processors" on page 93.
Unsupported CPU stepping
detected
Utility partition not
available
The
POST, but no utility partition exists
on the boot hard drive.
Create a utility partition on the boot
hard drive. See the CDs that came with
your system.
Warning! No micro code
update loaded for
processor 0
Micro code update failed.
Update the BIOS firmware. See "Getting
Help" on page 147.
Warning: Embedded RAID
firmware is not present.
Embedded RAID firmware does not
respond.
See the RAID controller documentation
for information about installing or
updating the RAID firmware.
Warning: Embedded RAID
error.
Embedded RAID firmware responds
with an error.
See "Troubleshooting a SAS or SAS
RAID Controller Daughter Card" on
page 126. See the RAID controller
documentation for information about
installing or updating the RAID
firmware.
Warning: The current
memory configuration is
not optimal. Dell
recommends a population of
2, 4, or 8 DIMMs. DIMMs
should be populated
sequentially starting in
slot 1.
System has detected a legal but non-
optimal population of DIMMs (for
example, 1 DIMM, 6 DIMMs,
4 DIMMs in slots 1, 2, 5, and 6, etc.).
The system will run with all memory
accessible but will experience sub-
optimal performance.
Populate 2, 4, or 8 DIMMs sequentially
beginning with slot 1. See "System
Memory" on page 89.
Write fault
Faulty diskette, optical/diskette drive
assembly, hard drive, or hard-drive
subsystem.
See "Troubleshooting a Diskette Drive"
on page 121, "Troubleshooting an
Optical Drive" on page 123, and
"Troubleshooting a Hard Drive" on
page 124.
Write fault on selected
drive
NOTE:
For the full name of an abbreviation or acronym used in this table, see the "Glossary" on page 169.
Table 1-7.
System Messages (continued)
Message
Causes
Corrective Actions
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