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02B0 Diskette Drive A Error Drive A: or B: is present but fails the BIOS POST
diskette tests. Check to see that drive is defined with
the proper diskette type in Setup and that the diskette
drive is attached correctly.
02B1 Diskette Drive B Error
02B2 Incorrect Drive A type - run SETUP Type of floppy drive A: Not correctly identified in Setup.
02B3 Incorrect Drive B Type - run SETUP Type of floppy Drive B: not correctly identified in Setup.
02D0 System cache error - Cache disabled RAM cache failed and BIOS disabled the cache. On
older boards, check the cache jumpers. You may have
to replace the cache. See your dealer. A disabled
cache slows system performance considerably.
02F0 CPU ID: CPU socket number for Multi-Purpose error.
*02F7 Fail-Safe Timer NMI Failed ServerBIOS2 test error: Fail-Safe timer takes too long.
device Address Conflict Address conflict for specified device
Allocation Error for: device Run ISA or EISA Configuration Utility to resolve
resource conflict for the specified device.
CD ROM Drive
CD ROM Drive identified
CD ROM Drive
CD ROM Drive identified
Entering Setup
Starting Setup program
Entering Setup
Starting Setup program
*Failing Bits: nnnn The hex number nnnn is a map of the bits at the RAM
address which failed the memory test. Each one (1) in
the map indicates a failed bit. See errors 230, 231, or
232 above for offset of the failure in System, Extended,
os Shadow memory.
Fixed Disk n
Fixed disk n (0-3) identified.
Fixed Disk n
Fixed disk n (0-3) identified.
Invalid System Configuration Data Problem with NVRAM (CMOS) data.
I/O device IRQ Conflict I/O device IRQ conflict error
nnnn KB Extended RAM Passed
Where nnnn is the amount of RAM in
kilobytes successfully tested.
nnnn KB Extended RAM Passed
Where nnnn is the amount of RAM in kilobytes
successfully tested.
nnnn Cache SRAM Passed
Where nnnn is the amount of shadow
RAM in kilobytes successfully tested.
nnnn Cache SRAM Passed
Where nnnn is the amount of shadow RAM in kilobytes
successfully tested.
nnnn KB Shadow RAM Passed
Where nnnn is the amount of shadow
RAM in shadow in kilobytes
successfully tested.
nnnn KB Shadow RAM Passed
Where nnnn is the amount of shadow RAM in shadow
in kilobytes successfully tested.
nnnn KB system RAM Passed
Where nnnn is the amount of shadow
RAM in kilobytes successfully tested.
nnnn KB system RAM Passed
Where nnnn is the amount of shadow RAM in kilobytes
successfully tested.
Operating System Not Found Operating system cannot be located on either drive A.:
or drive C: Enter Setup and see if fixed disk and drive
A are properly identified.
*Parity check 1 nnnn Parity error found in the system bus. BIOS attempts to
locate the address and its display. Parity is a method
for checking errors in binary data. A parity error
indicates that some data has been corrupted.
Parity check 2 nnnn Parity error found in the I/O bus. BIOS attempts to
locate the address and display it on the screen. If it
cannot located the address, it displays nnnn.
Error Codes Error Messages Corrective Action