Personal Computer User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Hardware Owner’s Manual
- Contents
- About Your System
- Using the System Setup Program
- Installing System Components
- Recommended Tools
- Inside the System
- Removing and Replacing the Optional Front Bezel
- Opening and Closing the System
- Cooling Fans
- Cooling Shrouds
- Power Supplies
- Expansion Cards
- RAC Card
- System Memory
- Processors
- Processor VRMs
- Installing a Diskette Drive
- Installing an Optical Drive
- Hard Drives
- SAS Controller Cards
- Connecting an External SAS Tape Drive
- Connecting an External Fibre Channel Storage Device
- System Battery
- Control Panel Assembly (Service-Only Procedure)
- Fan Interposer Board (Service-Only Procedure)
- Power Distribution Board (Service-Only Procedure)
- Chassis Intrusion Switch (Service-Only Procedure)
- SAS Backplane (Service-Only Procedure)
- System Board (Service-Only Procedure)
- Troubleshooting Your System
- Safety First-For You and Your System
- Start-Up Routine
- Checking Basic Power Problems
- Checking the Equipment
- Troubleshooting Serial I/O Problems
- Troubleshooting a NIC
- Troubleshooting a Wet System
- Troubleshooting a Damaged System
- Troubleshooting the System Battery
- Troubleshooting Power Supplies
- Troubleshooting System Cooling Problems
- Troubleshooting System Memory
- Troubleshooting a Diskette Drive
- Troubleshooting an Optical Drive
- Troubleshooting a Hard Drive
- Troubleshooting a SAS Controller or SAS RAID Controller
- Troubleshooting an External SAS Tape Drive
- Troubleshooting Expansion Cards
- Troubleshooting the Microprocessors
- Running the System Diagnostics
- Jumpers and Connectors
- Getting Help
- Glossary
- Index

22 About Your System
E2013 Shadow BIOS Fail The system BIOS failed to copy
its flash image into memory.
See "Troubleshooting System
Memory" on page 106.
E2014 CMOS Fail CMOS failure. CMOS RAM not
functioning properly.
See "Getting Help" on page 129.
E2015 DMA Controller DMA controller failure. See "Getting Help" on page 129.
E2016 Int Controller Interrupt controller failure. See "Getting Help" on page 129.
E2017 Timer Fail Timer refresh failure. See "Getting Help" on page 129.
E2018 Prog Timer Programmable interval timer
error.
See "Getting Help" on page 129.
E2019 Parity Error Parity error. See "Getting Help" on page 129.
E201A SIO Err SIO failure. See "Getting Help" on page 129.
E201B Kybd Controller Keyboard controller failure. See "Getting Help" on page 129.
E201C SMI Init System management interrupt
(SMI) initialization failure.
See "Getting Help" on page 129.
E201D Shutdown Test BIOS shutdown test failure. See "Getting Help" on page 129.
E201E POST Mem Test BIOS POST memory test failure. See "Troubleshooting System
Memory" on page 106. If problem
persists, see "Getting Help" on
page 129.
E201F DRAC Config Dell remote access controller
(DRAC) configuration failure.
Check screen for specific error
messages.
Ensure that the DRAC card and
cables are properly seated. See
"RAC Card" on page 56. If
problem persists, see your DRAC
documentation.
E2020 CPU Config CPU configuration failure. Check screen for specific error
messages.
E2021 Memory
Population
Incorrect memory configuration.
Memory population order
incorrect.
Check screen for specific error
messages. See "Troubleshooting
System Memory" on page 106.
E2022 POST Fail General failure after video. Check screen for specific error
messages.
Table 1-7. LCD Status Messages (continued)
Line 1
Message
Line 2
Message
Causes Corrective Actions










