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Sector not found The operating system is unable to
locate a sector on the diskette or hard
drive.
See "Diskette Drive Problems" and "Hard
Drive Problems."
Seek error The operating system is unable to
find a specific track on the diskette or
hard drive.
If the error is on the diskette drive, try a
different diskette in the drive.
Shutdown failure A chip on the system board might be
malfunctioning.
Run the System Board Devices tests in the
Dell Diagnostics.
Time-of-day clock stopped The battery may be dead. Enter system setup and correct the date or
time.
If the problem persists, see "Battery
Problems."
Time-of-day not set The time or date displayed in the
system configuration information
does not match the system clock.
Enter system setup and correct the date or
time.
Timer chip counter 2
failed
A chip on the system board might be
malfunctioning.
Run the System Board Devices tests in
the Dell Diagnostics.
Unexpected interrupt in
protected mode
The keyboard controller might be
malfunctioning, or one or more
RIMMs may be loose.
Run the System Memory and the
Keyboard tests in the Dell Diagnostics.
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.
Power-on self-test (POST) has
queried the EIDE drive for status
information. The drive has returned a
parameter from the call that indicates
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 replaced 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 system.
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."
System Messages
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Message Cause Action