26BPC-500-5820 User's Manual
installed correctly. If no floppy drives are installed, be sure the Diskette Drive selection in
Setup is set to NONE or AUTO.
HARD DISK initializing
Please wait a moment...
Some hard drives require extra time to initialize.
HARD DISK INSTALL FAILURE
Cannot find or initialize the hard drive controller or the drive. Make sure the controller is
installed correctly. If no hard drives are installed, be sure the Hard Drive selection in
Setup is set to NONE.
Hard disk(s) diagnosis fail
The system may run specific disk diagnostic routines. This message appears if one or
more hard disks return an error when the diagnostics run.
Keyboard error or no keyboard present
Cannot initialize the keyboard. Make sure the keyboard is attached correctly and no keys
are pressed during POST. To purposely configure the system without a keyboard, set the
error halt condition in Setup to HALT ON ALL, BUT KEYBOARD. The BIOS then ignores
the missing keyboard during POST.
Keyboard is locked out - Unlock the key
This message usually indicates that one or more keys have been pressed during the
keyboard tests. Be sure no objects are resting on the keyboard.
Memory Test :
This message displays during a full memory test, counting down the memory areas being
tested.
Memory test fail
If POST detects an error during memory testing, additional information appears giving
specifics about the type and location of the memory error.
Override enabled - Defaults loaded
If the system cannot boot using the current CMOS configuration, the BIOS can override
the current configuration is a set of BIOS defaults designed for the most stable, minimal-
performance system operations.
Press TAB to show POST screen
System OEMs may replace the Award BIOS POST display with their own proprietary
display. Including this message in the OEM display permits the operator to switch
between the OEM display and the default POST display.
Primary master hard disk fail
POST detects an error in the primary master IDE hard drive.
Primary slave hard disk fail
POST detects an error in the secondary master IDE hard drive.
Secondary master hard disk fail
POST detects an error in the primary slave IDE hard drive.
Secondary slave hard disk fail
POST detects an error in the secondary slave IDE hard drive.