3-10 Dell Precision 610 Mini Tower Systems Service Manual
No boot sector
on hard-disk
drive
Incorrect configuration
settings in System
Setup program, or
corrupted operating
system.
Incorrect configuration
settings in System Setup
program, or no operating
system on hard-disk
drive.
No timer tick
interrupt
Timer on system board
is malfunctioning.
Defective system board.
Non-system disk
or disk error
Diskette in drive A or
hard-disk drive does not
have bootable operating
system installed on it.
Faulty diskette, diskette/
tape drive subsystem, or
hard-disk drive sub-
system (defective system
board).
Not a boot
diskette
No operating system on
diskette.
No operating system on
diskette.
Plug and Play
Configuration
Error
System encountered
problem in trying to
configure one or more
expansion cards.
System resource conflict.
Read fault
Requested sec-
tor not found
MS-DOS cannot read
from diskette or hard-
disk drive.
System could not find
particular sector on
disk, or requested sec-
tor is defective.
Faulty diskette, diskette/
tape drive subsystem, or
hard-disk drive sub-
system (defective system
board).
Reset failed Disk reset operation
failed.
Improperly connected
diskette/tape drive, hard-
disk drive interface cable,
or power cable.
Sector not
found
MS-DOS is unable to
locate sector on dis-
kette or hard-disk drive.
Defective sectors on dis-
kette or hard-disk drive.
Seek error MS-DOS is 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 is
faulty.
Defective system board.