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Beep Codes and Error Messages

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Seek error

MS-DOS unable to
locate specific track on
diskette or hard-disk
drive.

Defective diskette or
hard-disk drive.

Seek operation
failed

System could not find
particular address mark
on disk.

Faulty diskette or hard-
disk drive.

Shutdown
failure

System board chip
faulty.

Defective system board.

Time-of-day
clock stopped

Backup battery low.

Defective battery or
faulty chip (defective
system board).

Time-of-day not
set

Time or Date setting in
System Setup program
incorrect or system bat-
tery bad.

Incorrect Time or Date
settings or defective
system battery.

Timer chip
counter 2
failed

Timer circuit on system
board malfunctioning.

Defective system board.

Unexpected
interrupt in
protected mode

Keyboard/mouse con-
troller malfunctioning or
one or more DIMMs
improperly seated.

Improperly seated
DIMMs or faulty
keyboard/mouse
controller chip (defective
system board).

Write fault

Write fault on
selected drive

MS-DOS cannot write
to diskette or hard-disk
drive.

Faulty diskette or hard-
disk drive.

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