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No boot device
available
Faulty or missing
optical/diskette drive
subsystem, hard drive, or
hard-drive subsystem, or
no boot disk in drive A.
Use a bootable diskette, CD,
or hard drive. If the problem
persists, see
"Troubleshooting an Optical
Drive" on page 143,
"Troubleshooting an Optical
Drive" on page 143, and
"Troubleshooting a Hard
Drive" on page 146. See
"Using the System Setup
Program" on page 45 for
information on setting the
order of boot devices.
No boot sector on
hard drive
Incorrect configuration
settings in System Setup
program, or no operating
system on hard drive.
Check the hard-drive
configuration settings in the
System Setup program. See
"Using the System Setup
Program" on page 45. If
necessary, install the
operating system on your
hard drive. See your
operating system
documentation.
No timer tick
interrupt
Faulty system board. See “"Getting Help" on
page 167."
Northbound merge
error - The
following DIMM has
been disabled by
BIOS: DIMM x
The specified DIMM was
unable to establish a
successful data link with
the memory controller.
See "Troubleshooting
System Memory" on
page 142.
Not a boot
diskette
No operating system on
diskette.
Use a bootable diskette.
Table 1-7. System Messages (continued)
Message Causes Corrective Actions
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