40 Quick Reference Guide
HARD-DISK READ FAILURE — Possible HDD failure during HDD boot test (see
"Contacting Dell" in your User’s Guide for assistance).
KEYBOARD FAILURE — Keyboard failure or keyboard cable loose (see "Keyboard
Problems" in your User’s Guide).
NO 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 System Setup and ensure that the boot sequence information is correct
(see "Entering System Setup"
in your User’s Guide
).
NO TIMER TICK INTERRUPT — A chip on the system board might be
malfunctioning or motherboard failure (see "Contacting Dell" in your User’s Guide
for assistance).
NON-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.
NOT A BOOT DISKETTE —Insert a bootable floppy disk and restart your
computer.
NOTICE - HARD 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.
