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System Beep Codes

If an error occurs during startup that cannot be reported on the monitor,
your computer may emit a beep code that identifies the problem. The beep
code is a pattern of sounds: for example, one beep, followed by a second
beep, and then a burst of three beeps (code 1-1-3) means that the computer
was unable to read the data in

NVRAM

.

If a beep code is emitted, write it down on a copy of the

Diagnostics

Checklist

and look it up in the following table. If you are unable to resolve

the problem by looking up the meaning of the beep code, use the

Dell

Diagnostics

to identify a more serious cause. If you are still unable to resolve

the problem,

contact Dell

for technical assistance.

If the computer loses power and beeps constantly when you turn it back on,
the BIOS is probably corrupted. See "

BIOS Recovery Utility

" for

information on restoring the BIOS.

WARNING: Dell’s Disk

Monitoring System has

detected that drive [0/1]

on the [primary/secondary]

EIDE controller is

operating outside of

normal specifications. It

is advisable to

immediately back up your

data and replace your hard

drive by calling your

support desk or Dell

Computer Corporation.

POST

has queried the

EIDE

drive for

status information. The drive has

indicated it has detected possible

error conditions for its operating

specifications.

When your computer finishes booting,

immediately back up your data and

replace your hard drive

. Restore the data

to the replacement drive.
Back up the data on your hard drive. If a

replacement drive is not immediately

available and the drive is not the only

bootable drive, enter

system setup

and

change the appropriate drive setting to

None. Remove the drive from the

computer.

Write fault

Write fault on selected

drive

The operating system cannot write to

the diskette or hard drive.

See "

Diskette Drive Problems

" and "

Hard

Drive Problems

."

S y s t e m M e s s a g e s

( c o n t i n u e d )

Message

Cause

Action