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Dell Vostro 200 (Mid 2007) User Manual

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Troubleshooting Tools

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N

O

BOOT

DEVICE

AVAILABLE

No bootable partition on hard drive, no bootable

floppy in floppy driver, the hard drive or floppy cable is loose, or no bootable device
exists.

• If the floppy drive is your boot device, ensure that a bootable floppy disk is in the

drive.

• 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 system setup and ensure that the boot sequence information is correct.

See "Entering System Setup" on page 174.

N

O

TIMER

TICK

INTERRUPT

A chip on the system board might be

malfunctioning or motherboard failure. See "Contacting Dell" on page 187 for
assistance.

N

ON

-

SYSTEM

DISK

OR

DISK

ERROR

Replace the floppy disk with one that has

a bootable operating system or remove the floppy disk from drive A and restart the
computer.

N

OT

A

BOOT

DISKETTE

Insert a bootable floppy disk and restart your computer.

U S B

OVER

CURRENT

ERROR

Disconnect the USB device. Use external power

source for the USB device.

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 or possible hard drive failure. This feature can be enabled or
disabled in the BIOS setup.

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