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HARD-DISK READ FAILURE — Possible hard drive failure during hard-drive boot test
(see "Contacting Dell" in your User’s Guide for assistance).
K
EYBOARD FAILURE — Keyboard failure or the keyboard cable is loose (see "Keyboard
Problems" in your User’s Guide).
N
O BOOT DEVICE AVAILABLE — The system cannot detect a bootable device or partition.
• If the floppy drive is your boot device, ensure that the cables are connected and that
a bootable floppy disk is in the drive.
• If the hard drive is your boot device, ensure that the cables are connected and that
the drive is installed properly and partitioned as a boot device.
• Enter the system setup program and ensure that the boot sequence information is
correct (see "Entering System Setup"
in your User’s Guide
).
NO TIMER TICK INTERRUPT — System board failure or a chip on the system board
might be malfunctioning (see "Contacting Dell" in your User’s Guide for assistance).
N
ON-SYSTEM DISK OR DISK ERROR — Replace the floppy disk with one that has
a bootable operating system or remove the floppy disk from drive A and restart
the computer.
N
OT A BOOT DISKETTE — Insert a bootable floppy disk and restart your computer.
NOTICE - H
ARD DRIVE SELF MONITORING SYSTEM HAS REPORTED THAT
A PARAMETER HAS EXCEEDED ITS NORMAL OPERATING RANGE. DELL RECOMMENDS
THAT YOU BACK UP YOUR DATA REGULARLY. A PARAMETER OUT OF RANGE MAY OR
MAY NOT INDICATE A POTENTIAL HARD DRIVE PROBLEM.—S.M.A.R.T error,
possible HDD failure. This feature can be enabled or disabled in BIOS setup.
Hardware Troubleshooter
If a device is either not detected during the operating system setup or is
detected, but incorrectly configured, you can use the Hardware Troubleshooter
to resolve the incompatibility.
Windows XP:
1
Click
Start
→
Help and Support
.
2
Ty p e
hardware troubleshooter
in the search field and press
<Enter> to start the search.
3
In the
Fix a Problem
section, click
Hardware Troubleshooter
.
4
In the
Hardware Troubleshooter
list, select the option that best describes
the problem and click
Next
to follow the remaining troubleshooting steps.