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Indicators, Messages, and Codes 21
No boot device available Faulty or missing hard drive or hard-
drive subsystem.
Check the Integrated Devices
configuration settings in the System
Setup program. See "Using the System
Setup Program" in your User's Guide.
Ensure that either SCSI Controller or
Integrated Drive Controller is enabled.
If the system is booting from a SCSI
controller, ensure that the controller is
properly connected. If the problem
persists, replace the faulty hard drive.
See "Installing a Hard Drive" in
"Installing Drives."
No boot sector on
hard-disk drive
An operating system is not on the hard
drive.
Check the hard drive configuration
settings in the System Setup program.
See "Using the System Setup Program"
in your User's Guide.
No timer tick interrupt Faulty system board. See "
Getting Help
."
Non-system disk or disk
error
Faulty hard drive or hard-drive
subsystem; no operating system on
hard drive.
See "Troubleshooting Hard Drives" in
"Troubleshooting Your System."
PCI BIOS failed to install Loose cables to expansion card(s);
faulty or improperly installed
expansion card.
Ensure that all appropriate cables are
securely connected to the expansion
cards. See "Troubleshooting Expansion
Cards" in "Troubleshooting Your
System."
Plug & Play Configuration
Error
Error encountered in initializing PCI
device; faulty system board.
Install the NVRAM_CLR jumper and
reboot the system. See Figure A-2 for
jumper location. Check for a BIOS
update. If the problem persists, see
"Troubleshooting Expansion Cards" in
"Troubleshooting Your System." If the
problem persists, see "Troubleshooting
the System Board."
Read fault
Requested sector not found
Faulty hard drive. Ensure that the hard drive cables are
properly connected. See
"Troubleshooting Hard Drives" in
"Troubleshooting Your System" for the
appropriate drive(s) installed in your
system.
Table 2-3. System Messages (continued)
Message Causes Corrective Actions
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