System messages, Hardware troubleshooter – Dell Vostro 220s (Late 2008) User Manual
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Troubleshooting
System Messages
NOTE:
If the message you received is not listed in the table, see the documentation
for either the operating system or the program that was running when the message
appeared.
A
LERT
! P
REVIOUS
ATTEMPTS
AT
BOOTING
THIS
SYSTEM
HAVE
FAILED
AT
CHECKPOINT
[
NNNN
] . F
OR
HELP
IN
RESOLVING
THIS
PROBLEM
,
PLEASE
NOTE
THIS
CHECKPOINT
AND
CONTACT
D
ELL
T
ECHNICAL
S
UPPORT
—
The computer failed to
complete the boot routine three consecutive times for the same error (see "Contacting
Dell" on page 137).
C M O S
CHECKSUM
ERROR
—
Possible system board failure or RTC battery low.
Replace the battery (see "Replacing the Coin-Cell Battery" on page 118).
C P U
FAN
FAILURE
—
Processor heat sink/fan failure. Replace the heat sink/fan
assembly (see "Processor Heat Sink/Fan Assembly" on page 99).
H
ARD
-
DISK
READ
FAILURE
—
Possible hard drive failure during hard drive boot test.
K
EYBOARD
FAILURE
—
Keyboard failure or keyboard cable loose (see "Keyboard
N
O
BOOT
DEVICE
AVAILABLE
—
The system cannot detect a bootable device or
partition.
• If the hard drive is your boot device, ensure that the cables are connected and that
the drive is installed properly and partitioned as a boot device.
• Enter the system setup program (see "System Setup Program" on page 129)
and
ensure that the boot sequence information is correct.
N
O
TIMER
TICK
INTERRUPT
—
A chip on the system board might be malfunctioning
or system board failure (see "System Setup Program" on page 129 for assistance).
N O T I C E – H
ARD
D
RIVE
S E L F M O N I T O R I N G S Y S T E M
HAS
REPORTED
THAT
A
PARAMETER
HAS
EXCEEDED
ITS
NORMAL
OPERATING
RANGE
. D
ELL
RECOMMENDS
THAT
YOU
BACK
UP
YOUR
DATA
REGULARLY
. A
PARAMETER
OUT
OF
RANGE
MAY
OR
MAY
NOT
INDICATE
A
POTENTIAL
HARD
DRIVE
PROBLEM
. —
S.M.A.R.T error,
possible hard drive failure. This feature can be enabled or disabled in BIOS setup.
Hardware Troubleshooter
If a device is either not detected during the operating system setup or is
detected, but incorrectly configured, you can use the Hardware
Troubleshooter to resolve the incompatibility.
Windows
®
XP:
1 Click Start
→
Help and Support.