Technical Reference Guide
Compaq Personal Computers
Changed – April 1998
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A.14 HARD DRIVE ERROR MESSAGES (19xx-xx)
Table A–13.
Hard Drive Error Messages
Table A-13.
Hard Drive Error Messages
Message Probable Cause Message Probable Cause
19xx-01 Drive not installed 19xx-21 Got servo pulses second time but not first
19xx-02 Cartridge not installed 19xx-22 Never got to EOT after servo check
19xx-03 Tape motion error 19xx-23 Change line unset
19xx-04 Drive busy erro 19xx-24 Write-protect error
19xx-05 Track seek error 19xx-25 Unable to erase cartridge
19xx-06 Tape write-protect error 19xx-26 Cannot identify drive
19xx-07 Tape already Servo Written 19xx-27 Drive not compatible with controller
19xx-08 Unable to Servo Write 19xx-28 Format gap error
19xx-09 Unable to format 19xx-30 Exception bit not set
19xx-10 Format mode error 19xx-31 Unexpected drive status
19xx-11 Drive recalibration error 19xx-32 Device fault
19xx-12 Tape not Servo Written 19xx-33 Illegal command
19xx-13 Tape not formatted 19xx-34 No data detected
19xx-14 Drive time-out error 19xx-35 Power-on reset occurred
19xx-15 Sensor error flag 19xx-36 Failed to set FLEX format mode
19xx-16 Block locate (block ID) error 19xx-37 Failed to reset FLEX format mode
19xx-17 Soft error limit exceeded 19xx-38 Data mismatch on directory track
19xx-18 Hard error limit exceeded 19xx-39 Data mismatch on track 0
19xx-19 Write (probably ID ) error 19xx-40 Failed self-test
19xx-20 NEC fatal error 19xx-91 Power lost during test
1900-xx = Tape ID test failed 1904-xx = Tape BOT/EOT test failed
1901-xx = Tape servo write failed 1905-xx = Tape read test failed
1902-xx = Tape format failed 1906-xx = Tape R/W compare test failed
1903-xx = Tape drive sensor test failed 1907-xx = Tape write-protect failed
A.15 VIDEO (GRAPHICS) ERROR MESSAGES (24xx-xx)
Table A–14.
Hard Drive Messages
Table A-14.
Hard Drive Error Messages
Message Probable Cause Message Probable Cause
2402-01 Video memory test failed 2418-02 EGA shadow RAM test failed
2403-01 Video attribute test failed 2419-01 EGA ROM checksum test failed
2404-01 Video character set test failed 2420-01 EGA attribute test failed
2405-01 80x25 mode, 9x14 cell test failed 2421-01 640x200 mode test failed
2406-01 80x25 mode, 8x8 cell test failed 2422-01 640x350 16-color set test failed
2407-01 40x25 mode test failed 2423-01 640x350 64-color set test failed
2408-01 320x200 mode color set 0 test failed 2424-01 EGA Mono. text mode test failed
2409-01 320x200 mode color set 1 test failed 2425-01 EGA Mono. graphics mode test failed
2410-01 640x200 mode test failed 2431-01 640x480 graphics mode test failed
2411-01 Screen memory page test failed 2432-01 320x200 256-color set test failed
2412-01 Gray scale test failed 2448-01 Advanced VGA controller test failed
2414-01 White screen test failed 2451-01 132-column AVGA test failed
2416-01 Noise pattern test failed 2456-01 AVGA 256-color test failed
2417-01 Lightpen text test failed, no response 2458-xx AVGA BitBLT test failed
2417-02 Lightpen text test failed, invalid response 2468-xx AVGA DAC test failed
2417-03 Lightpen graphics test failed, no resp. 2477-xx AVGA data path test failed
2417-04 Lightpen graphics test failed, invalid resp. 2478-xx AVGA BitBLT test failed
2418-01 EGA memory test failed 2480-xx AVGA linedraw test failed